Subject: MOTHERS
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> > >> If you send this to just one person, it should make it all the
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> > >> the world by Mother's Day.
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> > >> This is for the mothers who have sat up all night with sick
toddlers
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>their arms, wiping up barf laced with Oscar Mayer wieners and cherry
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> > >> Kool-Aid saying, "It's alright honey, Mommy's here."
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> > >> Who have sat in rocking chairs for hours on end soothing crying
>babies
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> > >> who can't be comforted.
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> > >> This is for all the mothers who show up at work with spit-up in
their
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> > >> hair and milk stains on their blouses and diapers in their
purse.
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> > >> For all the mothers who run carpools and make cookies and sew
>Halloween
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> > >> costumes. And all the mothers who DON'T.
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> > >> This is for the mothers who gave birth to babies they'll never
see.
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> > >> the mothers who took those babies and gave them homes. And for
the
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> > >> mothers who lost
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>their baby in that precious 9 months that they will
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> > >> never get to watch grow on earth but one day will be reunited
with in
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> > >> Heaven!
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> > >> This is for the mothers whose priceless art collections are
hanging
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> > >> their refrigerator doors.
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> > >> And for all the mothers who froze their buns on metal bleachers
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> > >> football or soccer games instead of watching from the warmth of
their
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> > >> cars, so that when their kids asked, "Did you see me, Mom?" they
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> > >> say, "Of course, I wouldn't have missed it for the world," and
mean
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> > >> This is for all the mothers who yell at their kids in the
grocery
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> > >> and swat them in despair when they stomp their feet and scream
for
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>ice
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> > >> cream before dinner. And for all the mothers who count to ten
>instead,
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> > >> but realize how child abuse happens.
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> > >> This is for all the mothers who sat down with their children and
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> > >> explained all about making babies. And for all the (grand)
mothers
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> > >> wanted to, but just couldn't find the words.
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> > >> This is for all the mothers who go hungry, so their children can
eat.
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> > >> For all the mothers who read "Goodnight, Moon" twice a night for
a
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>year.
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> > >> And then read it again. "Just one more time."
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> > >> This is for all the mothers who taught their children to tie
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> > >> shoelaces before they started school. And
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>for all the mothers who
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>opted
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> > >> for Velcro instead.
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> > >> This is for all the mothers who teach their sons to cook and
their
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> > >> daughters to sink a jump shot.
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> > >> This is for every mother whose head turns automatically when a
little
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> > >> voice calls "Mom?" in a crowd, even though they know their own
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>offspring
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> > >> are at home -- or even away at college.
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> > >> This is for all the mothers who sent their kids to school with
>stomach
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> > >> aches assuring them they'd be just FINE once they got there,
only to
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>get
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> > >> calls from the school nurse an hour later asking them to please
pick
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>them
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> > >> up. Right away.
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> > >> This is for mothers whose children have gone astray, who can't
find
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> > >> words to reach them.
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> > >> This is for all the step-mothers who raised another woman's
child or
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> > >> children, and gave their time, attention, and love... sometimes
>totally
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> > >> unappreciated!
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> > >> For all the mothers who bite their lips until they bleed when
their
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> > >> 14-year-olds dye their hair green.
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> > >> For all the mothers of the victims of recent school shootings,
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> > >> mothers of those who did the shooting.
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> > >> For the mothers of the survivors, and the mothers who sat in
front of
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> > >> their TVs in horror, hugging their child who just came home from
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>school,
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> > >> safely.
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> > >> This is for all the mothers who taught their children to be
peaceful,
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>and
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> > >> now pray they come home safely from a war.
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> > >> What makes a good Mother anyway? Is it patience? Compassion?
Broad
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on a
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> > >> shirt, all at the same time? Or is it in her heart? Is it the
ache
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>you
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> > >> feel when you watch your son or daughter disappear down the
street,
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> > >> walking to school alone for the very first time? The jolt that
takes
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>you
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> > >> from sleep to dread, from bed to crib at 2 A.M. to put your hand
on
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> > >> back of a
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>sleeping baby? The panic, years later, that comes again at 2
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> > >> A.M. when you just want to hear their key in the door and know
they
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> > >> safe again in your home? Or the need to flee from wherever you
are
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> > >> hug your child when you hear news of a fire, a car accident, a
child
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> > >> dying?
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> > >> The emotions of motherhood are universal and so our thoughts are
for
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> > >> young mothers stumbling through diaper changes and sleep
>deprivation...
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> > >> And mature mothers learning to let go.
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> > >> For working mothers and stay-at-home mothers.
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> > >> Single mothers and married mothers.
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> > >> Mothers with money, mothers without.
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> > >> This is for you all.
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> > >> For all of us.
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> > >> Hang in there.
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> > >> In the end we can only do the best we can.
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> > >> Tell them every day that we love them.
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> > >> Please pass along to all the Moms in your life.
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> > >> "Home is what catches you when you fall - and we all fall."
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> > >> Please pass this to a wonderful mother you know. (I just did.)
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