Musings of the Chronologically Challenged™ Fourth Generation

 
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND
to all you Motherbloggers out there.

Wishing breakfast in bed for the following gals from my blogroll at left:
Accidental Verbosity
Boudicca's Voice
Da Goddess
Feisty Repartee
Gone South
Jennifer Martinez
Key Issues
Mamamontezz
Margi Lowry
Michele Malkin
Moonmeadow Farm
One Happy Dog Speaks
Sleepless Mind
The Dirty Ashtray
What's Up Down South
Yorkie Blog



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.
posted by HCL at 12:05 AM