Mommy
A few weeks ago I picked up a book called "Kisses from Katie" on my weekly (sometimes bi-weekly) Barnes & Nobles run. It's an autobiography by a young American girl (the same age as me!) who did the unthinkable and moved to Uganda right out of high school and committed her life to serving the people there by adopting 14 little girls and creating an organization that would go on to feed, clothe, and teach hundreds more. I'd regret reading this book in public because I constantly found my eyes welling up with tears; I can't remember the last time a book (a non-fiction one at that!) stirred in me so much emotion. One of the many parts that really struck me and stayed with me, though, was how profound her mother's heart was. The way it expanded and embraced the children who for all intents and purposes have been thrown into the darkest, cruelest corners of this world. All at once she was inexplicably, irrevocably committed to loving these children whole ...