Re: The Special Mother

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To all concerned in this thread... Thank you so much! Beautiful as I woke up and found this in my inbox...This is the best time to realize one more time how blessed we are.Thank you again!Happy Mother's Day everyone!With love and appreciation,Fabiola Sent from my BlackBerry® on the MetroPCS NetworkSender: sList Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 20:32:11 -0400To: <sList >ReplyTo: sList Subject: FW: The Special Mother Please resend this….Happy Mothers’ Day to all ourMoms! From: sList [mailto:sList ] On Behalf Of Diane RosensteinSent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 12:54 PMTo: sList Subject: The Special Mother The Special Mother by Erma Bombeck Most women become mothers by accident, some by choice, a few by social pressure and a couple by habit. This year nearly 100,000 women will become mothers of handicapped children. Did you ever wonder how these mothers are chosen? Somehow I visualize God hovering over Earth Selecting his instruments for propagation with great care and deliberation. As he observes, he instructs his angels to take notes in a giant ledger. " Armstrong, Beth, son. Patron Saint, . " " Forrest, Marjorie, daughter. Patron Saint, Celia. " " Rutledge, , twins. Patron Saint...give her Gerard. He's used toprofanity. " Finally he passes a name to an angel and smiles. " Give her a handicappedchild. " The angel is curious. " Why this one, God? She's so happy. " " Exactly, " smiles God. " Could I give a handicapped child amother who knows no laughter? That would be cruel. " " But does she have the patience? " asks the angel. " I don't want her to have too much patience, or she'll drown in a sea ofself-pity and despair. Once the shock and resentment wear off she'll handle it. " " I watched her today. She has that sense of self and independence so rare and so necessary in amother. You see, the child I'm going to give her has a world of it's own. She has to make it live in her world, and that's not going to be easy. " " But Lord, I don't think she even believes in you. " God smiles. " No matter, I can fix that. This one is perfect. She has justenough selfishness. " The angel gasps, " Selfishness? Is that a virtue? " God nods. " If she can't separate herself from the child occasionally, shewill never survive. Yes, here is a woman whom I will bless with a child less than perfect. She doesn't know it yet, but she is to be envied. She will never take for granted a spoken word. She will never consider a step ordinary. When her child says momma for the first time, she will be witness to a miracleand know it. I will permit her to see clearly the things I see--ignorance, cruelty, prejudice--and allow her to rise above them. She will never be alone. I will be at her side every minute of every day of her life Because she is doing my work as surely as she is here by my side. " " And what about her Patron Saint? " asks the angel,his pen poised in the air. God smiles. " A mirror will suffice. "