It’s going to be a different kind of Mother’s Day for you this year.

God whispered those words to me as I waddled into the doctor’s office in early May of 1982. Never mind that my husband and I wouldn’t see our first child until May 23. My husband and I had felt our baby’s kicks for months. God’s whisper assured me that I was already a mother.

What I didn’t realize when God spoke to me was that He was preparing me for what only He knew was coming. Our baby would be born with a serious birth condition. It would make every Mother’s Day for several more years very different from what I expected.

Some would be spent in the hospital with our medically fragile baby.

Some would be spent debating whether or not we should rush him to the hospital.

Some would be spent rejoicing that our miracle baby had become a healthy adult.

All would be spent realizing that had our boy been born in a different day and age, we would have had him with us for only a few days.

As the second Sunday in May approaches this year, I hear God whispering to me once again.

It’s going to be a different kind of Mother’s Day for you this year, Jolene.

This time, God’s not referring to our son. He’s doing well. This time God is talking about my mother.

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