Roll Call
Good Morning !!!
Hmmmmm...My mothers Day wish for ALL moms is to let them enjoy there day with there children and family........to take time to step back and really LOOK at what they have been blessed with. All moms are TRUELY Blessed !!
Just want to share this...........Hope all you Moms take a moment to read it !!!
Enjoy your day !!!
Brenny !!!
For Mothers Everywhere
This is for all the mothers who DIDN'T win "Mother of
the Year" in 1999. All the runners-up and all the wannabes.
The mothers too tired to enter or too busy to care.
This is for all the mothers who froze their buns off on metal
bleachers at soccer games on Friday night instead of watching
from the car. So when their kids asked, "Did you see my goal?"
they could say, "Of course, wouldn't have missed it for the world,"
and mean it.
This is for all the mothers who have sat up all night with sick
toddlers in their arms, wiping up barf laced with Oscar Mayer
wieners and cherry Kool-Aid saying, "It's okay, honey, Mommy's
here."
This is for the mothers who gave birth to the children they'll
never see. And for the mothers who took those babies and
made them homes.
For all the mothers who run carpools and make cookies and
sew Halloween costumes. And all the mothers who don't.
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 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
2am to put your hand on the back of a sleeping baby?
The need to flee from wherever you are and hug your child when
you hear news of a school shooting, a fire, a car accident, a baby
dying? I think so.
So this is for all the mothers who sat down with their children
and explained all about making babies. And for all those mothers
who wanted to but just couldn't.
This is for reading "Goodnight, Moon" twice a night for a year.
And then reading it again. "Just one more time."
This is for all the mothers who taught their daughters 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 show up at work with spit-up in
their hair and milk stains on their blouses and diapers in their purse.
This is for all the mothers who teach their sons to cook and their
daughters to sink a jump shot.
This is for all mothers whose heads turn automatically when a little
voice calls "Mom?" in a crowd. Even though they know their own
children are at home.
This is for all the mothers who sent their sons to school with stomach
aches, assuring them they'd be just fine once they got there...only to
get the call from the school nurse an hour later, asking them to please
pick up their son, right away.
This is 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.
So hang in there.
Pass this on to all the moms in your life. "Home is what catches you
when you fall......and we all fall."
Happy Mother's Day. Even if you aren't a mother now, you may be
some day. Or you are a godmother, or a teacher who gives more than
the title requires, or a very special lady someone needs when their
Mom is not near.
I lost my mom 2 1/2 years ago, so I guess my Mother's Day wish is that she could look down and see that I'm taking the steps to take care of this issue that has bothered me (and her) for so long. She always just wanted me to be healthy and happy, so I know she would have supported me taking this step. I wish I had done it sooner so she could have lived to see the results, but I know she'll be watching and pulling for me!!
Have a great weekend, everybody!
Hi Christine and everyone!
My sister and I flew my mom up from FL for a combination birthday/ Mother's Day so we could spend time with her and she could enjoy the grandkids she doesn't get to see often. We've had a blast going out doing the girlie things, like manicures, pedicures, shopping and more shopping!
Have a great Mother's Day all you Mom's out there!
Dee