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    Posted this a few years back. It's worth repeating just in time for Mother's Day (Sunday).

    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 okay 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. This is for the mothers whose priceless art collections are hanging on their refrigerator doors.

    And for all the mothers who froze their buns on metal bleachers at football or soccer games instead of watching from the warmth of their cars.
    And 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 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 -- or have their own families.

    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 until they bleed when their 14 year olds dye their hair green.

    For all the mothers of the victims of 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 she feels when she watches her son or daughter disappear down the street, walking to school alone for the very first time?

    The jolt that takes her from sleep to dread, from bed to crib at 2 A.M. to put her hand on the back of a sleeping baby?

    The panic, years later, that comes again at 2 A.M. when she just wants to hear their key in the door and know they are safe again in her home?

    Or the need to flee from wherever she is and hug her child when she hears 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 for 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.

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    You're Really A Mom When...




    • You count the number of sprinkles on each kid's cupcake to make sure they are equal.
    • You want to take out a contract on the kid who broke your child's favorite toy and made him/her cry.
    • You have time to shave only one leg at a time.
    • You hide in the bathroom to be alone.
    • Your child throws up and you catch it.
    • Someone else's kid throws up at a party and you keep eating.
    • You consider finger paint to be a controlled substance.
    • You mastered the art of placing food on a plate without anything touching.
    • Your child insists that you read "Once upon a Potty" out loud in the lobby of the doctor's office and you do it.
    • You hire a baby sitter because you haven't been out with your husband in ages, then you spend half the night talking about and checking on the kids.
    • You hope ketchup is a vegetable because it's the only one your child eats.
    • You find yourself cutting your husband's sandwiches into unusual shapes.
    • You fast-forward through the scene when the hunter shoots Bambi's mother.
    • You obsess when your child clings to you upon parting during his first month at school, then you obsess when he skips in without looking back.
    • You can't bear to give away baby clothes--it's so final.
    • You hear your mother's voice coming out of your mouth when you say, "Not in your good clothes."
    • You stop criticizing the way your mother raised you.
    • You read that the average-five-year old asks 437 questions a day and feel proud that your kid is "above average."

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    This brought a smile to my face and a tear to my eye.

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    Hooray Mommies!
    Quote Originally Posted by Picaresque View Post
    Maria Callas said it best: "When my critics stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping."

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    Dude kool-aid? eww!!! lol and the milk thing never happened to me but cool.

    Oh and yay for velcro! Thanks Rhiannon


    To all the moms, I wish you a very sincere happy mothers day. May it be blessed. Being a mother is the hardest job in the world but it is the best one also.

    With much heartfelt love HHL

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    That was really sweet. Thanks for posting, Rhi! Happy Mother's Day to all the sexy, hardworking SW mamas! It is a hard job but the best one I've ever had.

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    Thanks to all the good Mommies out there!!

    Special thanks to Rhi, as I used the You know when your a mother's list for a mother's day card!!
    One more cup of coffee for the road,
    One more cup of coffee 'fore I go
    To the valley below....

    Slowly moseying my way to the exit.
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    oh you made me cry rhi Thank you for posting this. Happy mothers day to all the sw mommies.

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    Thanks Mom.

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    Happy Mothers Day Rhiannon ,thats beautiful. Im crying like a baby right now after reading this. Im sure that your childrens eyes twinkle (and always will) when they think of you.
    Happy mothers Day to all the SW mothers out there. As long as you love (truelly love ) your children, and do the best with what you know on raising your children and show them pure love thats all thats needed.

    Im teaching my boys to make an apple and cherry pie tomorrow.

    Mothers Day always gets me emotional. My mother lives less than a mile away.
    Every year I and my boys spend our holidays alone, while she throws lavish parties.

    Nothing new. It just hurts to see the look of hurt in my boys eyes that we cant go to grandmas house.

    Sorry Rhi, I rambling!

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    Awww Thank you, GG!

    We're all about to get ready and head over to the Brother-In-Law's house. Having a cookout. Mother-In-Law, Her Mother, and Her Aunt will be there too. It's always such a fun time when everyone gets together.

    But I wanted to post and say HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

    Hope you all have a blast, whatever you do today!

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    Happy Mothers Day all you people who gave birth to your insanity!
    People are not ruled by their memories.

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    I am confused. Mothers day was in March.

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    No, it's today!

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    OK I am really missing something now. Is it a US day? We had ours in March.

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    Yes, in the US Mother's Day is the 2nd Sunday of May.

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    Awww, Happy Mothers Day you guys.
    SW moms rock!
    Hope you all have a great day however you spend it.
    Big hugs Kitty X



    Thanks for that VG I was kinda confused and glad that I hadn't forgotton my mum lol.

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    Beautiful Rhia, I loved it.

    Happy Mothers Day to all the fabulous SW mommies!!!

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