Real Mothers

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Real Mothers don't eat quiche;

they don't have time to make it.

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Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils

are probably in the sandbox.

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Real Mothers often have sticky floors,

filthy ovens and happy kids.

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Real Mothers know that dried playdough

doesn't come out of shag carpet.

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Real Mothers don't want to know

what the vacuum just sucked up.

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Real Mothers sometimes ask "why me?"

and get their answer when a little voice says,

"because I love you best."

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Real Mothers know that a child's growth

is not measured by height or years or grade. . .

It is marked by the progression of Mama to Mommy to Mother.