Your Happiness is not Dependent on Your Child’s
Perhaps you have heard the phrase that we are only as happy as our most unhappy child. I have seen that this does not need to be the case. My 94-year-old mother has over 200 living descendants. At any given point, at least one of the 200 is going to be unhappy. If this statement were true, my mother would be in a perpetual state of unhappiness, which she isn’t. Those who know her know how joyful she is. — Elder John A. McCune I was so excited to hear this statement in General Conference a couple of weeks ago! As mothers, we cannot base our happiness on the choices, joy or misery of our children. I truly believe that is not what our Heavenly Parents desire for us. Honestly, that sounds more like that adversary’s plan who wants others to be as miserable as himself! No, I have truly come to understand and believe it is a mother’s role to model happiness, not expect her children to provide her with happiness. I’ve also struggled with the saying, “When mo...
