Re: MOTHER - This is a tear-jerker But, probably more true than we want to admit!

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Sandy,

How are you doing?????

You haven't written me lately.

Patty

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> MOTHER

> This is a truly BEAUTIFUL piece. Please read this

> at a slow pace, digesting every word and in leisure...

> do not hurry....this is a treasure...

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> For those lucky to still be blessed with your Mom,

> this is beautiful. For those of us who aren't, this is even

> more beautiful. For those who are moms, you'll love this.

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> The young mother set her foot on the path of life.

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> " Is this the long way? " she asked.

> And the guide said: " Yes, and the way is hard.

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> And you will be old before you reach the end of it..

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> But the end will be better than the beginning. "

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> But the young mother was happy, and she would not

> believe that anything could be better than these years.

> So she played with her children, and gathered flowers for

> them along the way, and bathed them in the clear streams;

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> and the sun shone on them, and the young Mother cried,

> " Nothing will ever be lovelier than this. "

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> Then the night came, and the storm, and the path was dark,

> and the children shook with fear and cold, and the mother drew

> them close and covered them with her mantle,and the children said,

> " Mother, we are not afraid, for you are near, and no harm can come. "

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> And the morning came, and there was a hill ahead,

> and the children climbed and grew weary, and the

> mother was weary. But at all times she said to the children,

> " A little patience and we are there.

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> " So the children climbed, and when they reached the top they said,

> " Mother, we would not have done it without you. "

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> And the mother, when she lay down at night looked up

> at the stars and said, " This is a better day than the last,

> for my children have learned fortitude in the face of hardness.

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> Yesterday I gave them courage.

> Today, I've given them strength. "

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> And the next day came strange clouds which darkened the earth,

> clouds of war and hate and evil, and the children groped and stumbled,

> and the mother said: " Look up. Lift your eyes to the light.

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> " And the children looked and saw above the clouds an everlasting glory,

> and it guided them beyond the darkness. And that night the Mother said,

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> " This is the best day of all,

> for I have shown my children God. "

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> And the days went on, and the weeks and the months

> and the years, and the mother grew old and she was little and bent.

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> But her children were tall and strong, and walked with courage.

> And when the way was rough, they lifted her,or she was as light

> as a feather; and at last they came to a hill, and beyond they could

> see a shining road and golden gates flung wide. And mother said,

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> " I have reached the end of my journey.

> And now I know the end is better than the beginning,

> for my children can walk alone, and their children after them. "

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> And the children said, " You will always walk with us,

> Mother, even when you have gone through the gates. " And they

> stood and watched her as she went on alone, and the gates closed after her.

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> And they said:

> " We cannot see her but she is with us still.

> A Mother like ours is more than a memory.

> She is a living presence.... "

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> Your Mother is always with you. She's the whisper of the

> leaves as you walk down the street; she's the smell of bleach

> in your freshly laundered socks; she's the cool hand

> on your brow when you're not well.

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> Your Mother lives inside your laughter. And she's crystallized

> in every tear drop. She's the place you came from, your first home;

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> and she's the map you follow with every step you take..

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> She's your first love and your first heartbreak,

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> and nothing on earth can separate you.

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> Not time, not space.... not even death!

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> PASS THIS ON TO ALL THE MOTHERS & CHILDREN YOU KNOW.

> MAY WE NEVER TAKE OUR MOTHERS FOR GRANTED...

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> Pass it on to the men too because

> they have mothers too....

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