Time Out for Women

@madisonscecil

This past weekend I had the opportunity to go with my Aunt Mary to "Time Out for Women." She spoke on Friday night and was able to take me as her guest. I was able to sit with Uncle Richard which was a treat and loved catching up with him. It was so fun and something that I hope to make a tradition. It was held in Arlington, TX at the convention center which is only 45 minutes from my house...without traffic. As I was listening to the speakers this past weekend, I noticed that many of them talked about motherhood, faith, hope, and the atonement. Of course, the ones on motherhood were the ones that hit the closest to home for me. As I get ready to welcome my baby girl into the world in a couple weeks, I can't help but feel so very grateful for the opportunity that I have to be a mother. My calling is to be a mother and I can't wait to fulfill it in this life and in the next. One of the speakers talked about not comparing ourselves to other mothers and to truly focus and teach our kids what is most important. I loved telling Eric all the things that I had learned and hope that we can implement them in our home as we get ready to have our family. 

Music is such a huge part of the gospel and I loved that there were some incredible singers there. Calee Reed sang on Friday night and Mercy River sang on Saturday. Calee is a girl that I had never heard of before but she can sure sing and her songs are incredible. In fact, I bought both of her CD's while I was at TOFW and have been listening to them in my car. She told the story of when her mom passed away from cancer not long ago and she wrote a song for her. It made me cry and reminded me of my mom. I hope that I can be this type of mom to my sweet Harper and the rest of my little ones. 

Here is another one of Calee's songs that I am loving right now. We are truly blessed to be apart of such an incredible church. I realized after this weekend that I truly am enough to my father in heaven even though I may not realize it sometimes. We are all children of a heavenly father who loves us. Brad Wilcox spoke on Saturday morning and made the comment that, "God HAS to love us and he loves all of his children the same."