Thank You For Being There -

Thank You for Love.
Thank You for telling of God up above. 
Thanks for the diapers, the washing, the folding, 
The changing, repinings and all of the Holding - 
The Rocking, the Singing, the Healing, the Smile - 
The endurance it took to cope all the while,

On with the Caring, the Loving, the Giving,
The unceasing frustrations of everyday living 
With all of your children...
The cooking, the cleaning, the sewing and work. 
Honor is due You for You did not shirk.
You did not cease and You did not run. 
You did not give up as I might have done.

And so - For those Hours, those Days, all those Years 
I Thank You Dear Mother... Forgive me the Tears, 
The Heartaches, and All, 
The Anger, the Rudeness, The Big and the Small.
Today may your heart be full to the brim 
With Peace, Joy, and Love. May nothing seem grim.

God Bless You Mother... 
May your heart know how dear, You are to me 
Now and each day of the year... 

~ Author unknown ~

"HEAVEN SENT"

Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. 
So one day she asked God: 
"They tell me you are sending me to earth
tomorrow, but how am I going to live there 
being so small and helpless?" 

God answered: 
"Among the many angels, I chose one for you. 
She will be waiting for you, and will take care of you" 

The child replied: 
"Here in heaven I don't do anything but sing and smile. 
That is all I need to be happy. Will I be happy on earth?"

God answered: 
"Your angel will sing for you, 
and will also smile for you every day. 
And you will feel your angel's love and be happy." 

The child continued: 
"But how am I going to understand when people talk to me if I don't know the language that humans speak?" 

God answered: 
"Your angel will speak to you the sweetest 
and most beautiful words you will ever hear.
And, with much patience and care, 
your angel will teach you how to speak." 

Still worried, the child asked God: 
"What am I going to do when I want to talk to you?"

God replied: 
"Your angel will place your hands together
and will teach you how to pray." 

Still concerned the child continued: 
"But I hear that there are bad people on earth. 
Who will protect me?" 

God replied:
"Your angel will defend you 
even if it means risking her life." 

Anticipating the sadness of separation, 
the child said: "But I will be
sad because I will not see you anymore." 

God reassured the child: 
"Your angel will always talk to you about me, 
and will teach you the way to come back to me, 
even though I will always be right next to you." 

At that moment there was much peace in heaven, 
but voices from earth could already be heard, 
and the child asked in a hurry:
"Oh, God, if I am about to leave now,
please tell me my angel's name."

God replied solemnly:
"Your angel's name is of little importance.

You will simply call her "Mom." 

~ Author unknown ~

"Tears"

"Why are you crying?" he asked his mom. 

"Because I'm a mother," she told him.

"I don't understand," he said.

His mom just hugged him and said, "You never will!"

Later the little boy asked his father why Mother
seemed to cry for no reason.

"All mothers cry for no reason," was all his dad could say.

The little boy grew up and became a man, 
still wondering why mothers cry. 
So he finally put in a call to God and
when God got on the phone the man said,
"God, why do mothers cry so easily." 

God said, "You see son, when I made mothers
they had to be special." 

"I made their shoulders strong enough to carry
the weight of the world,
yet gentle enough to give comfort."

"I gave them an inner strength to endure childbirth 
and the rejection that many times come from their children."

"I gave them a hardiness that allows them to keep
going when everyone else gives up, and to take care of their
families through sickness and fatigue without complaining."

"I gave them the sensitivity to love their children 
under all circumstances, 
even when their child has hurt them very badly." 

"This same sensitivity helps them to make a
child's boo-boo feel better and helps them share 
a teenager's anxieties and fears."

"I gave them a tear to shed. It's theirs exclusively to
use whenever it's needed. It's their only weakness." 

It's a tear for mankind."

"What is a Mother?"

It takes a Mother's LOVE to make a house a home,
A place to be remembered, no matter where we roam... 

It takes a Mother's PATIENCE to bring a child up right, 
And her COURAGE and her CHEERFULNESS
to make a dark day bright... 

It takes a Mother's THOUGHTFULNESS
to mend the heart's deep "hurts," 
And her SKILL and her ENDURANCE
to mend little socks and shirts... 

It takes a Mother's KINDNESS to forgive us when we err,
To sympathize in trouble and bow her head in prayer... 

It takes a Mother's WISDOM to recognize our needs 
And to give us reassurance by her loving words and deeds...

It takes a Mother's ENDLESS FAITH,
her CONFIDENCE and TRUST
To guide us through the pitfalls of selfishness and lust... 
And that is why in all this world there could not be another Who could fulfill God's purpose 
as completely as a MOTHER!
by Helen Steiner Rice

A Mother is someone who knows 
the song in your Heart 
& sings it back to you 
when you've forgotten the Words.

"Nobody knows of the 
work it makes,
To keep the home together.
Nobody knows of the 
steps it takes,

Nobody knows-
but Mother." 

- 

"Of all the rights of women,
the greatest is to be a
Mother"

-Lin Yutang

"Most of all the other 
beautiful things in life 
come by twos and threes by dozens and hundreds. 
Plenty of roses, stars, 
sunsets, rainbows, 
brothers, and sisters, 
aunts and cousins, 
but only one 
Mother
in the whole world."
~ Kate Douglas Wiggin 

This is my tribute to you mom, 

I Love You 
&
Happy Mothers Day!