Happy Mother's Day

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Happy Mother's Day!

The Special Mother

Most women become mothers by accident, some by choice, a few by

social pressure and a couple by habit.

This year nearly 100,000 women will become mothers of " special "

children.

Did you ever wonder how these mothers are chosen?

Somehow I visualize God hovering over Earth

Selecting his instruments for propagation with great care and

deliberation.

As he observes, he instructs his angels to take notes in a giant

ledger.

" Armstrong, Beth, son. Patron Saint, . "

" Forrest, Marjorie, daughter. Patron Saint, Celia. "

" Rutledge, , twins. Patron Saint...give her Gerard. He's used

to profanity. "

Finally he passes a name to an angel and smiles. " Give her

a " special " child. "

The angel is curious. " Why this one, God? She's so happy. "

" Exactly, " smiles God.

" Could I give a " special " child a mother who knows no laughter? That

would be cruel. "

" But does she have the patience? " asks the angel.

" I don't want her to have too much patience, or she'll drown in a sea

of self-pity and despair. Once the shock and resentment wear off

she'll handle it. "

" I watched her today. She has that sense of self and independence so

rare and so necessary in a mother.

You see, the child I'm going to give her has a world of it's own. She

has to make it live in her world, and that's not going to be easy. "

" But Lord, I don't think she even believes in you. "

God smiles. " No matter, I can fix that. This one is perfect. She has

just enough selfishness. "

The angel gasps, " Selfishness? Is that a virtue? "

God nods. " If she can't separate herself from the child occasionally,

she will never survive.

Yes, here is a woman whom I will bless with a child less than

perfect. She doesn't know it yet, but she is to be envied.

She will never take for granted a spoken word.

She will never consider a step ordinary. When her child says momma

for the first time, she will be witness to a miracle and know it.

I will permit her to see clearly the things I see--ignorance,

cruelty, prejudice--and allow her to rise above them.

She will never be alone. I will be at her side every minute of every

day of her life

Because she is doing my work as surely as she is here by my side. "

" And what about her Patron Saint? " asks the angel, his pen poised in

the air.

God smiles. " A mirror will suffice. "

By: Erma Bombeck

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I received this in an email a few years ago.. and every so often I open it up

and read it just to remind me of how blessed I really am. I know it has been

posted in this group before.. but we get so many messages coming through here

about every different topic, I wanted to take a moment and remind everyone here

how lucky we really are.. so to you and everyone else who takes a moment to

read this.. Happy Mother's day.. to all the parents of those special children.

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> Date: Sunday, May 10, 2009, 11:35 AM

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> The Special Mother

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> Most women become mothers by accident, some by choice, a few by social

pressure and a couple by habit.

> This year nearly 100,000 women will become mothers of " special " children.

> Did you ever wonder how these mothers are chosen?

> Somehow I visualize God hovering over Earth

> Selecting his instruments for propagation with great care and deliberation.

> As he observes, he instructs his angels to take notes in a giant ledger.

> " Armstrong, Beth, son. Patron Saint, . "

> " Forrest, Marjorie, daughter. Patron Saint, Celia. "

> " Rutledge, , twins. Patron Saint...give her Gerard. He's used to

profanity. "

> Finally he passes a name to an angel and smiles. " Give her a " special " child. "

> The angel is curious. " Why this one, God? She's so happy. "

> " Exactly, " smiles God.

> " Could I give a " special " child a mother who knows no laughter? That would be

cruel. "

> " But does she have the patience? " asks the angel.

> " I don't want her to have too much patience, or she'll drown in a sea of

self-pity and despair. Once the shock and resentment wear off she'll handle it. "

> " I watched her today. She has that sense of self and independence so rare and

so necessary in a mother.

> You see, the child I'm going to give her has a world of it's own. She has to

make it live in her world, and that's not going to be easy. "

> " But Lord, I don't think she even believes in you. "

> God smiles. " No matter, I can fix that. This one is perfect. She has just

enough selfishness. "

> The angel gasps, " Selfishness? Is that a virtue? "

> God nods. " If she can't separate herself from the child occasionally, she will

never survive.

> Yes, here is a woman whom I will bless with a child less than perfect. She

doesn't know it yet, but she is to be envied.

> She will never take for granted a spoken word.

> She will never consider a step ordinary. When her child says momma for the

first time, she will be witness to a miracle and know it.

> I will permit her to see clearly the things I see--ignorance, cruelty,

prejudice--and allow her to rise above them.

> She will never be alone. I will be at her side every minute of every day of

her life

> Because she is doing my work as surely as she is here by my side. "

> " And what about her Patron Saint? " asks the angel, his pen poised in the air.

> God smiles. " A mirror will suffice. "

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> By: Erma Bombeck

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