A  ((((HUG)))  For Mothers Everywhere.  




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.  And 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.


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, 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?  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?  

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 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 then there is the 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.  



P E A C E
Evie

P.S. A special  ((((BIG HUG))))

for Mothers who are missing a child this Mothers Day.  
and all the Children who are especially missing their Moms.

(I don't know who to accredit for this.... but it was a beautiful
email I received with a request  to share it)

Thank you Evie, you will never know how much that has effected me...tears in my eyes...especially after the last fortnight I have had.

A special hug straight back to you.  {{{{{{{{{{HUG}}}}}}}}

I liked that one so a big hug from me too.

Oh a happy mothers day hug to all.........

I read that email before but its always so nice to read again!

I think the read was great too....another Big Bear hug coming up to you all