Mothers Day thoughts....

[fbodfather]

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Today is when we honor Mothers everywhere - I'm fortunate to have one of the best ones God made - just sayin.....

I know that to many of you, this is a very tough day because you have lost your Dear Mother- and my heart goes out to you.

Rather than cobble together my thoughts - I thought I'd share something from one of my favorite Authors - Erma Bombeck. (...a Mother herself who left us way too soon...)
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When the Good Lord was creating mothers, He was into his sixth day of “overtime” when an angel appeared and said, “You’re doing a lot of fiddling around on this one.”

And the Lord said, “Have you read the specs on this order?
•She has to be completely washable, but not plastic;
•Have 180 movable parts... all replaceable;
•Run on black coffee and leftovers;
•Have a lap that disappears when she stands up;
•A kiss that can cure anything from a broken leg to a disappointed love affair;
•And six pairs of hands.”

The angel shook her head slowly and said, “Six pairs of hands... no way.”

“It’s not the hands that are causing me problems,” said the Lord. “It’s the three pairs of eyes that mothers have to have.”

“That’s on the standard model?” asked the angel.

The Lord nodded. “One pair that sees through closed doors when she asks, ’What are you kids doing in there?’ when she already knows. Another here in the back of her head that sees what she shouldn’t but what she has to know, and of course the ones here in front that can look at a child when he goofs up and say, ’I understand and I love you’ without so much as uttering a word.”

“Lord,” said the angel, touching His sleeve gently, “Go to bed. Tomorrow...”

“I can’t,” said the Lord, “I’m so close to creating something so close to myself. Already I have one who heals herself when she is sick... can feed a family of six on one pound of hamburger... and can get a nine-year-old to stand under a shower.”

The angel circled the model of a mother very slowly. “It’s too soft,” she sighed.

“But she’s tough!” said the Lord excitedly. “You cannot imagine what this mother can do or endure.”

“Can it think?”

“Not only can it think, but it can reason and compromise,” said the Creator.

Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek. “There’s a leak,” she pronounced. “I told You You were trying to push too much into this model.”

“It’s not a leak,” said the Lord. “It’s a tear.”

“What’s it for?”

“It’s for joy, sadness, disappointment, pain, loneliness, and pride.”

“You are a genius,” said the angel.

The Lord looked somber. “I didn’t put it there,” He said.

Happy Mothers Day..............

[Smitti]

Thanks for sharing that Fbodfather!!

Happy Mothers Day to all the Mothers out there!!

[Chi-One]

Amen.

[STINGER BEE]

Wishing all Mothers a Happy Mother's Day.

[KaBoom1701]

Well said!

[mlee]

I forwarded this to my mom... Tks Scott and hope your mom is getting along well.

[bluetooth-ss]

Happy mom's day moms.

[Iroczlover]

hugs & kisses scott, ship them to your mom too. she raised a special young man

[Crim]

Happy Mothers Day