Modeling our Families after our Heavenly Parents

Yesterday the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, released two new gospel topics essays. One of which was entitled "Mother in Heaven"
After reading this amazing new essay, I've been doing so much thinking, and I've come to realize, we need to do more to model our families after that which is shown us by our heavenly parents!
I think the first place that many of us could improve on, is motherhood. I know I especially am very much failing in this realm. So here I sit, looking within and looking to Heavenly Mother, as to how to be a better mother.

How amazing is it that we have a mother in heaven, and that we can aspire to be like her. Not only that we have two heavenly parents that teach us how to be better parents here on earth. It is just so touching!

I've come up with 2 simple ways that mothers can be more like our Heavenly Mother, and two simple ways that fathers too can be more like our Heavenly Father.

So here it is, 2 essential ways that we can be more like our Heavenly Mother
1) The first suggestion that I have for myself, and mothers everywhere, is that we need to be much less accessible to our children! I am there for my daughter WAY too much. I need to take a step back, and maybe hide in the closet or something. That feeling of abandonment is essential to our children's eternal progression.
2) Second, we need to stop talking to our children. Not only that, we need to have our husbands, and our sons, tell the rest of our children, that talking to us, their mother, is not okay!

Now lets not leave the dads out! Here are a the two ways that fathers can model their fatherhood after our Heavenly Father
1)  Do not ever talk about your wife to your children. If they figure out she exists, then so be it, but just because they figure it out, does not mean you need to talk about it. The more mystery the better. It's for your wife's good, and for your children's good that you keep them apart.
2) Hide your wife. Or as Antoine Dodson has so eloquently put it for us, "Hide yo wife!". Put her in a closet, the bathroom, the shed out back, just anywhere your kids dont have access to her, and somewhere no one can hear her.

I testify to you that if you do these simple things, your families will be more divine, your children will be happier and as mothers and fathers we will be infinitely happier, especially as mothers, true happiness comes from being silenced.

On being a mom

What can I say, it is not easy being a mom!

I think most people wont refute that. I've been pondering on this a lot lately. Many people think "oh ya, it's hard because you have to sacrifice so much, because you lose sleep, you lose freedom, you lose money" which are all true. But I would argue, that those are the easy parts of being a mom. For me, the hardest part, is the responsibility. The weight of having a human being completely dependent on you for their every need, but also for teaching them about the world.

I find myself re-evaluating my own beliefs constantly now that I'm a parent. I never used to do that. I used to skate through life, sticking to the path that other people had already beaten down for me, sticking to those ideals and beliefs. Rarely did I find myself questioning my religion, my ideals, or any of the things I was taught growing up, until after I had my own child.

Now I question everything. I question "do I really believe this, do I really think this, is it really right?" because I know I will be teaching my own daughter, based on my beliefs.

That's a lot of responsibility, lets just hope I only minimally screw up!
How am I supposed to find balance in this? It is absolutely a lot of pressure to be a parent.