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Mother's Day

Written by Lori Weitzel


Mother's Day may come and go but the hardest one for me was when we were in lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. I missed my mother terribly during those months and I made up for lost time once we were able to visit again! I'm thankful now that I did because, little did I know at then, that I would only have her here for two more years.

image of Lori Age 40 and Fran her mom age 60

Then I lost my mom during the summer of 2022 after a sudden and brief illness. Now every Mother's Day is harder for me than those few months in lockdown.

Thank you to all of the incredible Moms who have shown us the way and Happy Mother's Day to all of the wonderful moms we are (or were) lucky enough to have in our lives.

How Do You Thank a Mother?

By Unknown Author

You can thank a friend with flowers or send a card with words of rhyme
if they give to you a special gift or share a little of their time
You can take someone to lunch, Bestow a loving embrace
or simply show appreciation by the smile upon your face.

But, how do you thank a mother? How do you show appreciation
to the woman who is responsible for your existence, your creation
How do you thank a mother for her unconditional love
the depth of which is surpassed by his from up above.

If there was a way to buy a gift that was unlike any other
And wrap with pretty bows and lace the love you feel for mother
What would such a gift cost, how much could be charged?
how much For there is not enough money nor a box so large

No gift could begin to equal the sacrifices she's made
and such a magnitude of debt could never be repaid.
The only way to thank her is to make sure that she knows
she a has a special place within your heart where love overflows.

And let those words be given
to your mother and lifelong friend
because the love you feel for her
is a love without an end.

When God Created Mothers

by Erma Bombeck

When the Good Lord was creating mothers, He was into His sixth day of “overtime” when the angel appeared and said. “You’re doing a lot of fiddling around on this one.”

And God said, “Have you read the specs on this order?” She has to be completely washable, but not plastic. Have 180 moveable 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,” God remarked, “it’s the three pairs of eyes that mothers have to have.”

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

God 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.”

God,” said the angel touching his sleeve gently, “Get some rest tomorrow ...”

I can’t,” said God, “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 tough!” said God excitedly. “You can 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 that You were trying to put 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.

Somberly, God said, “I didn’t put it there.”

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