Overwhelmed with inexplicable love, she holds her newborn baby to her breast.

She nurtures her child with tender, loving care through the years, through all the joys and challenges.

Even into adulthood, she watches this beautiful life with amazement and wonder, thanking the Creator,

Until this mother’s heart stops beating.

Brenda Thiessen, along with her husband, Harv, lives in Port Colborne, Ontario, where she serves with Operation Mobilization Canada. They have four children – three girls and one boy – and will soon have a son-in-law (and a nephew-in-law: me!).