Celebrate Nurturing, April 2014 Ensign

My review of the article "Celebrate Nurturing", by Rosemary Thackeray, Ensign, April 2014:

This is an excellent article. I love how Sister Thackeray urges women to seek each other out and forge great relationships with each other, regardless of "motherhood" status. I appreciate how she acknowledges the real and difficult feelings that current non-child bearers have to deal with, especially those who may never bear children in this life. I love how she encircles all women under the divine role of motherhood, together with our common mother Eve. That quote by Elder Maxwell she includes in her address resonates with me:

“You can have clear faith in the ultimate outcomes at the end of the trail but still find vexing uncertainties in the steps immediately ahead. The Lord knows the end from the beginning and everything in between. You, however, function in the muddled, mortal middle.”

Elder Maxwell acknowledges that just because we have an eternal perspective on things, it doesn't necessarily make them easy to bear. That can refer to women who are unable to bear children at this moment for whatever reason, and it also applies to a young couple trying to juggle school, church, and family all while trying to find a new house to move into in between semesters!