A Minute With Mom

M-O-T-H-E-R

Mommisms for every occasion (you know exactly what I mean)
Overprotective, perhaps, at least for the first one or two
Teaching us how to succeed in life - do as I say, not as I do
Here when we need her, with a hug or swift kick
Eyes full of caring - and in the back of her head
Reading bedtime stories, or between the lines of mine

I've always loved my mother, but there was a time when I certainly thought I could do a much better job. Boy was I wrong! Of course, I think every kid thinks that - until one day they're the ones in the hot seat. It's been said that children don't come with instruction manuals - how true! I know my mother had no book to tell her how to deal with some of the things I managed to get into (which, for the sake of the not-so-innocent and the fact that my own children may read this, I will leave to the imagination). Sure, she probably didn't do everything exactly right, but I can tell you one thing for sure: she did the best that she could. And I think that I (and my four other siblings) have turned out pretty darn good! For those of you who have the perfect mothers - 3 well-balanced meals daily, perfectly disciplined, fun-filled family vacations, siblings who are always polite to each other, etc. - that's wonderful; thank God for your mother. But for those of you whose mothers have been less than perfect - thank God for her also. Realize that everything she did was out of love for you - even though it may have not been the way you would have liked to be loved. Realize also that she did the best that she could, and that's all we can ask from anyone. As for my own mother - perfect? No. Wonderful? Absolutely. Thank you, God, for my mother, and thank you, Mother, for me.

When you were small and just a touch away, I covered you with blankets against the cold night air. But now that you are tall and out of reach, I fold my hands and cover you with prayer. -Dona Maddux Cooper

All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. -Abraham Lincoln

Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all. - Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)

The joys of motherhood are never fully experienced until the children are in bed. - Author Unknown

It's not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it. ~From the television show The Golden Girl

In Psycho:-
"A boy's best friend is his mother."
- Anthony Perkins

They joys of motherhood are never fully experienced until the children are in bed.
- Author Unknown.

The best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant -- and let the air out of the tires.
- Dorothy Parker

Before you were conceived I wanted you
Before you were born I loved you
Before you were here an hour I would die for you
This is the miracle of life.
- Maureen Hawkins

Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. - Elizabeth Stone

A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother. ~Author Unknown

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly. ~Ambrose Bierce

If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands? ~Milton Berle