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Mothers are everywhere.
They are in the grocery store stocking up their son or daughter with food to keep them going until the year’s end.
They are carrying the laundry that hasn’t been washed in who knows how long to the laundry room.
They are eating out at restaurants across Rexburg. They are spending time together attending workshops, performances and recitals with their son or daughter.
With mothers all over campus, students are taking the time to appreciate their moms and the roles they fulfill a little more.
“Moms are great influences in our lives. They are our examples as we grow up. They are our teachers and help us to live our lives accordingly,” Haylee Dickerson, a sophomore from Bartlesville, Okla., said.
President Gordon B. Hinckley counseled about the importance of motherhood. “The home is under siege. So many families are being destroyed. If anyone can change the dismal situation, into to which we are sliding, it is you. Rise up, O women of Zion, rise to the greatest challenge which faces you,” according to an article in a 1999 Liahona.
Students are recognizing the magnitude mothers hold on families today and generations to come.
“Motherhood is very important because if mothers take the opportunity to fulfill their calling, then they have the greatest and most direct influence on the leaders in the next generation,” Lindsay Bowen, a sophomore from Idaho Falls, said.
Virginia U. Jensen, former first counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency, said in the November 1999 Ensign: “In today’s society there are many who challenge the importance of the traditional home and family. Some think there are other uses of a woman’s time and talents that are more important than the family. But prophets have been relentless in declaring that the role of homemaker is one of the most sacred and meaningful pursuits possible to ... woman”
One student agrees that motherhood is divinely appointed.
“I believe that mothers are the most important role models for their children and ... their role is invaluable. I like the quote by David O. McKay that says, ‘No other success can compensate for failure in the home.’ I believe that is due to your mother. I know that the biggest role model and example in my life is my mother,” Carrie Walker, a freshman from Othello, Wash., said.
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