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Skriven 2004-10-04 23:56:24 av DAVE COBLE (1:123/140)
Ärende: Early Happy Mother's Day
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This is for the mothers who have sat up all night with sick toddlers in
their arms, wiping up throw-up laced with Oscar Mayer wieners and cherry
Kool-Aid saying, "It's okay honey, Mommy's here."

Who have sat in rocking chairs for hours on end soothing crying babies who
can't be comforted. This is for all the mothers who show up at work with
spit-up in their hair and milk stains on their blouses and diapers in their
purse.

For all the mothers who run carpools and make cookies and sew Halloween
costumes. And all the mothers who DON'T. This is for the mothers who gave
birth to babies they'll never see. And the mothers who took those babies
and gave them homes.

This is for the mothers whose priceless art collections are hanging on
their refrigerator doors. And for all the mothers who froze their buns on
metal bleachers at football or soccer games instead of watching from the
warmth of their cars, so that when their kids asked, "Did you see me, Mom?"
they could say, "Of course, I wouldn't have missed it for the world," and
mean it.

This is for all the mothers who yell at their kids in the grocery store and
swat them in despair when they stomp their feet and scream for ice cream
before dinner. And for all the mothers who count to ten instead, but
realize how child abuse happens.

This is for all the mothers who sat down with their children and explained
all about making babies. And for all the mothers who wanted to, but just
couldn't find the words. This is for all the mothers who go hungry, so
their children can eat. For all the mothers who read "Goodnight, Moon"
twice a night for a year. And then read it again.  "Just one more time."

This is for all the mothers who taught their children to tie their
shoelaces before they started school. And for all the mothers who opted for
Velcro instead. This is for all the mothers who teach their sons to cook
and their daughters to sink a jump shot.

This is for every mother whose head turns automatically when a little voice
calls "Mom?" in a crowd, even though they know their own offspring are at
home-or even away at college --- or even grown. This is for all the mothers
who sent their kids to school with stomach aches, assuring them they'd be
just FINE once they got there, only to get calls from the school nurse an
hour later asking them to please pick them up. Right away.

This is for mothers whose children have gone astray, who can't find the
words to reach them. For all the mothers who bite their lips until they
bleed when their 14 year olds dye their hair green. For all the mothers of
the victims of school shootings, and the mothers of those who did the
shooting. For the mothers of the survivors, and the mothers who sat in
front of their TVs in horror, hugging their child who just came home from
school, safely.

This is for all the mothers who taught their children to be peaceful, and
now pray they come home safely from war. What makes a good Mother anyway?
Is it patience? Compassion? Broad hips? The ability to nurse a baby, cook
dinner, and sew a button on a shirt, all at the same time? Or is it in her
heart? Is it the ache you feel when you watch your son or daughter
disappear down the street, walking to school alone for the very first time?

The jolt that takes you from sleep to dread, from bed to crib at 2 A.M. to
put your hand on the back of a sleeping baby? The panic, years later, that
comes again at 2 A.M. when you just want to hear their key in the door and
know they are safe again in your home?

Or the need to flee from wherever you are and hug your child when you hear
news of a fire, a car accident, a child dying? The emotions of motherhood
are universal and so our thoughts are for young mothers stumbling through
diaper changes and sleep deprivation...

And mature mothers learning to let go. For working mothers and stay-at-home
mothers Single mothers and married mothers.

Mothers with money, mothers without.

This is for you all.

For all of us Hang in there. In the end we can only do the best we can.

Tell them every day that we love them. And pray. Please pass along to all
the Moms in your life. "Home is what catches you when you fall - and we all
fall."

Please pass this to wonderful mothers you know.
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