Mom

My whole life I wanted to be a wife and a mom.  That was, and still is, my deepest desire.  I can imagine God chuckling as He made me, "I'm going to give this one a mother's heart.  A heart that loves deeply, longs to help, and overflows with words of encouragement.  She is going to feel things deeply, but I will give her a strong heart.  She will spend her life learning to depend on Me."  And I am learning.  

I married the love of my life when I was almost 31, but our miracle boy didn't come along until I was 37.  I will never forget holding him for the first time.  I loved middle of the night feedings...his hand holding my finger and his feet always moving!  /I rocked him to sleep until he was 2 years old...I wouldn't trade those moments for anything!  And now, this same boy is almost as tall as I am at the age of 8.  He hugs me and says I love you on his terms.  He asks lots of questions and watches everything.  His favorite thing is hanging out with his dad.  He loves God and he loves music and he loves people.  He is my son.  He made me a mom.  I will always love him and I will always be grateful!

By the time Christopher was born, God had brought me to another place where my mother's heart was needed...Liberty Common School/Liberty Common High School.  I get to be "mom" during the day to a school full of kids.  The other day, I was walking down the hall with some students.  One of them said, "Let's walk behind Mrs. Karr and pretend she's our mom...I guess that isn't hard to imagine!"  :)  I love that!  Those words filled my heart.  God has called me to LCHS to be a teacher and to be a "mom".  I am so grateful that God had already planned a place for me and my mother's heart before I had any idea how He would use me!  

God made me to be a mom!  He gave me my biological son to love!  He gave me a job that gives me joy and allows me to be the Dawn Karr that He created!  I am so blessed!