Happy Mother's Day! Motherhood is difficult and virtually no one does it perfectly. Maybe your mother was flawless, but it's more likely she made mistakes or worse. However, it is now your turn, as a grown up to begin to change the way you look at your mother, to stop blaming her and to begin to create "another" mother. Begin by changing the word mother from a noun to a verb-"to mother". In doing so, you can begin to identify your mother as anyone who offers you maternal care. You can begin to feel mothered through the acceptance, nourishment and love of others and yourself, replacing the need to get those things from your "birth" mother. Today, begin to recognize that the perfect mother is available to you if you are willing to let go of expectations that will never be filled, and to see what is being offered to you here and now. Though all mothers are limited, the force of motherhood is not. It surrounds us every day, in all sorts of ways, some predictable and ordinary, some startling and extraordinary. Today, allow yourself to embrace it, I guarantee you'll find it waiting to embrace you. And that, to me, is the mother of all comforts.

Just for today, nourishing and mothering myself is a joyful experience and I am worth the time spent on my healing. I am gentle, kind and comforting to my inner child as I uncover and release old negative messages with me. I lovingly protect myself with thoughts of joy and peace. The past is forgiven and forgotten. I am free in this moment. I love myself unconditionally and the Universe supports me in every possible way. All is truly well in my world. And so it is.