For all moms

[kirra'06]

Just a sweet note I wanted to share with the rest of you.

>>Mothers (and soon to be mothers!!)
>>
>>If you send this to just one person, it should make it all the way
>>around the world by Mother's Day.
>>
>>This is for 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 alright
>>honey, Mommy's here."
>>
>>Who have sat in rocking chairs for hours on end soothing crying
>>babies
>>who can't be comforted.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>For the mothers who lost their baby in that precious 9 months that
>>they
>>will never get to watch grow on earth but one day will be reunited
>>with
>>in Heaven!
>>
>>This is for the mothers whose priceless art collections are hanging
>>on
>>their refrigerator doors.
>>
>>For all the mothers who froze their buns at hockey games or on
>>metal
>>bleachers at football or soccer games instead of watching from the
>>warmth of their cars, so that when their kids asked, "Did you see
>>me,
>>Mom?" 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 and scream for
>>ice
>>cream before dinner. And for all the mothers who count to ten
>>instead,
>>but realize how child abuse happens.
>>
>>This is for all the mothers who sat down with their children and
>>explained all about making babies. And for all the (grand) mothers
>>who
>>wanted to, but just couldn't find the words.
>>
>>This is for all the mothers who go hungry, so their children can
>>eat.
>>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 every mother whose head turns automatically when a
>>little
>>voice calls "Mom?" in a crowd, even though they
>>know their own offspring
>>are at home -- or even away at college.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>This is for all the step-mothers who raised another woman's child
>>or
>>children, and gave their time,
>>attention, and love... sometimes totally unappreciated!
>>
>>For all the mothers who bite their lips until they bleed when their
>>14-year-olds dye their hair green.
>>
>>For all the mothers of the victims of recent 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 all the mothers who taught their children to be
>>peaceful,
>>and now pray they come home safely from a war.
>>
>>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 in her 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 panic, years later, that comes again at 2 A.M. when you just
>>want to
>>hear their key in the door and know they are safe again in your
>>home?
>>
>>Or 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?
>>
>>The emotions of motherhood are universal and so our thoughts are
>>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. For all of us. Hang in there. In the end we
>>can
>>only do the best we can.
>>Tell them every day that we love them. And pray.
>>
>>Please pass along to all the Moms in your life.
>>
>>"Home is what catches you when you fall - and we all fall."
>>
>>Please pass this to a wonderful mother you know. I just did!