May 10 2009
Mother’s Day; What kind of woman are you?
Today is Mother’s day. My friend made the comment that she wished she’d been a better mother and maybe her children wouldn’t have done some of the things that they have.
My reply – mother’s aren’t given a handbook on how to be a good mother. What works for some won’t work for others. Unless you are on the list of the 10 most evil women in history, you are probably doing okay.
You’ve heard the saying “The hand that rocks the cradle, rules the world.”
For good or evil, mothers are the biggest influence on people. I have never forgotten what John F. Kennedy’s mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, said
“Whenever I held my newborn baby in my arms, I used to think that what I said and did to him could have an influence not only on him but on all whom he met, not only for a day or a month or a year, but for all eternity — a very, very challenging and exciting thought for a mother.”
A Mother is a wonderful creature constructed almost entirely of love and this she can express in a million ways from hugs and kisses and good cooking, a patient listening, to stern lectures and strict rules and repeated use of the word “no.”
Like snowflakes, no two Mothers are alike but they have a number of things in common. Name anything–a Mother can be found washing it, roasting it, polishing it, getting rid of it, repairing it, spanking it, packing it, teaching it, redecorating it, loving it, or talking it over at PTA.
A Mother cares about, and for almost everything–gardens, pets, the state of the nation, the worn spot in the rug, hungry people, and most of all, father and her children. For these she can do anything, dare anything, and fight for anything necessary for their happiness.
A Mother is not always an angel. She will often disagree with you, expect too much of you, criticize your choice of friends, and bring up the subject of work when you feel the least energetic. But she’s always ready to help when you need her.
You don’t always tell a Mother how much you love her or how much you wish the most wonderful things in the world will come to her because there are not words that express feelings so deep and sincere.
Somehow, though, you feel she understands what’s in your heart. Mothers always do. –Anonymous–
Some women never become mother’s but are still influential and can help change the world — Mother Theresa is one and so was Joan of Arc.
Other women will change the world and cause much human suffering such as “Bloody” Mary Queen of England or Jiang Qing the wife of Mao Tse-tung the Communist dictator of China.
The choice is ours to make.
