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This is for the mothers who have sat up all night with sick toddlers
in their arms, wiping up vomit 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...And 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 about making babies. And for all the (grand)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 who teach their sons to
cook and their daughters to sink a jump shot.
This is for every mother whose heads turn 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 have their own
families.
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 victims of recent 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 mothers
who taught their children to be peaceful, and now pray they come home
safely from a 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 dying child?
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.
Hang in there. In the end we can only do the best we can. Tell them
every day that we love them. And pray and never stop being a Mom...
Home is what catches you when you fall...and we all fall !
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He that does good to another does good also to himself.
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