ALL MOMS

[Guest guest]

(If you send this to just one person, it should make it all the way around by

Mother's Day.)

Thought this would bring some fond memories of this awesome role called:

MOTHERHOOD.

Be Blessed,

Becky

This is for all the mothers who have sat up all night with sick toddlers in

their arms, wiping up barf laced with Mayer wieners and cherry Kool-Aid

saying, " It's OK honey, Mommy's here. "

Who walk around the house all night with their babies when they keep crying

and won't stop.

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 all the mothers who froze their buns off on metal bleachers at

football or soccer games Friday night instead of watching from cars, so that

when their kids asked, " Did you see me? " 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 like a tired 2-year old who

wants ice cream before dinner.

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.

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 all mothers whose heads turn automatically when a little voice

calls " Mom? " in a crowd, even though they know their own offspring are at

home.

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 sometimes until they bleed - when

their 14 year olds dye their hair green.

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 2 A.M. 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 fire, a car accident, a child dying?

For all the mothers of the victims of all these 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 put pinwheels and teddy bears on their children's

graves.

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.

Please share this with a wonderful mother you know.

(I just did)