He is just a little e-mail that was sent that I wanted to share to all the moms out there and the grandmothers too!! > > > > HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!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 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 on any given 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 meant it.This is for all the mothers who get after 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 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.> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >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.> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >"Home is what catches you when you fall - and we> > > >> > > >all fall."
Love to all of you out there!!!
