Moms and mentors play different roles but share the strongest attribute- LOVE. Mentoring is spiritual impetus for the calling while mothering is nurturing. BOTH dynamics PASS on powerful life LESSONS within a LOVING safe setting. God uses mentoring to learn life lessons in adulthood missed in childhood. Hannah who has her own page in the book wrote the following today after her first baby sitting experience. She gained such compassion for a mom's job she wrote the following:

Mom

I need someone to comfort me,

To tell me it's OK,

To stroke my hair

And kiss my cheek,

To hold me tight when I feel weak,

To make hurt go away.

I need someone to care for me,

Someone who's always there

To take my hand

And wipe my tears,

To stand on guard against my fears

To help when life's unfair.

That person is my mom,

And kindness with her is a bomb,

She owns a book

You should go look.

But I love her because she's kind-

That's why I call her mine.

Mentoring and mothering may be different, but they BOTH MAKE A WONDERFUL DIFFERENCE!