This morning I woke up with an intense desire to connect with
all the LDS women struggling because their sons didn’t serve the church mission
they imagined he would. Whether you
never even got to help him turn in mission papers… or you did. Whether he never got an official mission
call… or he did. Whether you never got
to hear his mission farewell talk… or you did.
Whether you didn’t get to drop him off at the airport or MTC… or you
did. Whether you never got a missionary
email on a p-day… or you did. Whether he
never donned a missionary name tag… or he did, but not as long as you expected.
Whether this pain is fresh or old (even years), please know
that you are not alone, you have not failed in some deep and tragic way, and
you don’t have to keep feeling like a failure (whether everyone knows it or
it’s just your own private pain). While
I do have a coaching program* that can help you, I thought you might find some
solace in my new blog, “Find Peace in Parenting” where I address some of the
ups and downs of parenting through the my-son-is-missionary-age-but-he’s-not-on-a-mission
phase that some of us Mormon moms get to live through.
You can have peace in parenting ~ even when you’re parenting
teenagers and young adults. You’re not
alone in your struggles ~ even though it may feel like it. Your best as a mom is enough ~ even if you have
unfulfilled expectations. Really.
