Happy Mothers Day to the Women Who Keep It All Together

Let's be honest — Mother's Day is one of those holidays that comes with a lot of pressure. Pressure to find the perfect card, make the perfect brunch, and say the perfect thing. But real talk? Most moms aren't looking for perfect. They're looking for seen. They want someone to notice that they've been holding it down — quietly, consistently, and usually without a thank you.

So today, I just want to pause and give some real flowers (literal or figurative, both work) to the moms who are out here doing the most.

Here are three things I think we should celebrate about mothers today:

• They intercede like prayer warriors. Whether they knew it or not, most of our moms were covering us in prayer before we even knew we needed it. They prayed over our bad decisions, our worse relationships, and somehow still believed God had a plan for us. And look at us now. Mostly fine.
• They give without keeping score. Moms have a supernatural ability to pour out — time, energy, snacks, emotional labor — and somehow still show up the next day ready to do it again. That's not just love. That's agape love. The kind that doesn't run out even when it probably should.
• They speak life, even when we're being dramatic. Proverbs 31 talks about a woman whose children rise up and call her blessed. And honestly? Most of us owe our moms an overdue "rise up." They spoke truth over us when we didn't believe it ourselves. That word didn't return void.

So whether you're celebrating your mom, your grandmother, your bonus mom, or the woman in your life who just shows up — today is for her.

Call her. Hug her. Feed her something she didn't have to cook herself.

And if she's no longer here, celebrate her memory. Grief and gratitude can absolutely coexist.

Happy Mother's Day. 🌸