Hugs to moms!
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002
From: "Garibaldi's Cat"
Subject: Fw: For all of us moms
> FOR ALL US MOMS OUT THERE!!!! > > If you send this to just one person, it should make it all the way around > by 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 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 off spring 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 pass along to all the Mom's 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)