Mother's Day Weekend

Happy Mother's Day! Although we celebrate moms all year round, this is a special day that is set aside to honor the mothers in our life. It can be a day of celebrating moms that are here, or remembering those who no longer are. It is a day of celebrating what it means to be a mom. If you are a woman with many children, one child, a mama who has lost children, a mama hoping to have more, a mama of adult children, a mama of adopted or foster children, you are valued. You are loved. You are cherished. You are seen. You have a special role! Even on the hard days, keep the faith. Keep going. Your work is so very valuable. 

One of our board members wanted to share this passage that she found in one of her devotionals. Please enjoy, and have a wonderful weekend!

Sunshine of My Life

By Shirley Dobson

The gift was not one that you would expect to receive from an eight-year-old boy. He had bought me a lovely desk set. The ostrich-feathered white pen looked like an old-fashioned quill that Ben Franklin might have used to sign the Declaration of Independence. The stand was padded in matching white, with a spray of pink flowers delicately painted around the edges. I was so touched that my eyes brimmed with tears as I hugged and thanked my son for such an extravagant gift. It has been five years since that day and the pen still sits on the nightstand near my bed as a reminder of Ryan’s spontaneous gift of love.

There are times in our lives when the cost of parenting seems staggeringly high! No matter how you look at it, children are emotionally exhausting, time-consuming, sometimes frustrating, and always maddeningly complex. In fact, their developmental years are governed entirely by “Murphy’s Law.” For example, if they drop a slice of bread on the carpet, it will inevitably land buttered side down. And when they catch the flu, they never vomit in the bathroom. They turn up their noses at the oatmeal and gag at the sight of their eggs but enthusiastically drink the dog’s water and float their rubber duckies in the toilet. I’m sure you could add to this list of childhood “Murphyisms.”

But in moments when you are touched by the soul of a child, as I was through Ryan’s act of love, you suddenly realize the eternal significance of these precious years. Then, no other task on earth seems quite as important or meaningful as raising and training and guiding him through his developmental experiences.

(Written by Shirley Dobson, wife of James Dobson the founder of Focus on the Family)

Center Needs

Board of Directors/Governing Board- We continue to seek volunteers and individuals who want to be a part of our board of directors or our governing board. If you feel this being placed on your heart, please contact us. You can email us at info@hopefirstfrc.com or call our Board Chairman: Gigi Owen: 720-654-6075. Thank you for your consideration.

Volunteers- Have you wanted to be a volunteer at Hope First? Contact us today! Volunteers are such a critical piece to what we do. Along with our Board members, volunteers are needed each and every day! 

Funding- We continue to increase our monthly donor base, which will help us meet our monthly operating expenses. Reoccurring, monthly donations help us to predict and sustain what we need to pay salaries, bills, buy supplies for the center, and more. Would you consider being a part of the monthly donor team? You can follow the links at the end of this newsletter to set a donation up! No donation is too small, every little bit helps. Thank you for your consideration.

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