SUBJECT: Being a Mother >>>>>>> (Both men & women, sons & daughters - need to read this) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _BEING A MOTHER..._ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _AFTER 26 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, MY WIFE WANTED ME TO_ >>>>>>> _TAKE ANOTHER WOMAN OUT TO DINNER AND A MOVIE. SHE_ >>>>>>> _SAID, I LOVE YOU, BUT I KNOW THIS OTHER WOMAN LOVES_ >>>>>>> _YOU AND WOULD LOVE TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOU._ >>>>>>> _* * *_ >>>>>>> _THE OTHER WOMAN THAT MY WIFE WANTED ME TO VISIT_ >>>>>>> _WAS MY MOTHER, WHO HAS BEEN ALONE FOR 11 YEARS,_ >>>>>>> _BUT THE DEMANDS OF MY WORK AND MY CHILDREN HAD_ >>>>>>> _MADE IT POSSIBLE TO VISIT HER ONLY OCCASIONALLY._ >>>>>>> _* * *_ >>>>>>> _THAT NIGHT I CALLED TO INVITE HER TO GO OUT FOR_ >>>>>>> _DINNER AND A MOVIE._ >>>>>>> _* * *_ >>>>>>> _WHATS WRONG, ARENT YOU WELL, SHE ASKED?_ >>>>>>> _* * *_ >>>>>>> _MY MOTHER IS THE TYPE OF WOMAN WHO SUSPECTS THAT A_ >>>>>>> _LATE NIGHT CALL OR A SURPRISE INVITATION IS A SIGN_ >>>>>>> _OF BAD NEWS._ >>>>>>> _* * *_ >>>>>>> _I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE TO SPEND SOME_ >>>>>>> _TIME WITH YOU, I RESPONDED. JUST THE TWO OF US._ >>>>>>> _SHE SAID, I WOULD LIKE THAT VERY MUCH._ >>>>>>> _* * *_ >>>>>>> _THAT FRIDAY AS I DROVE OVER TO PICK_ >>>>>>> _HER UP I WAS A BIT NERVOUS. WHEN I ARRIVED , I NOTICED >>>>>>> THAT SHE, TOO, SEEMED TO BE NERVOUS_ >>>>>>> _ABOUT OUR DATE. SHE WAITED IN THE DOOR. SHE HAD FIXED >>>>>>> HER HAIR NICELY AND WAS WEARING THE_ >>>>>>> _OUTFIT THAT SHE HAD WORN TO CELEBRATE HER LAST_ >>>>>>> _BIRTHDAY._ >>>>>>> _* * *_ >>>>>>> _SHE SMILED FROM A FACE THAT WAS AS RADIANT AS AN_ >>>>>>> _ANGELS. MOM SAID: I TOLD MY FRIENDS THAT I WAS GOING TO >>>>>>> GO_ >>>>>>> _OUT WITH MY SON, AND THEY WERE IMPRESSED, SHE SAID,_ >>>>>>> _AS SHE GOT INTO MY VEHICLE. THEY CANT WAIT TO HEAR >>>>>>> ABOUT OUR DATE._ >>>>>>> _* * *_ >>>>>>> _WE WENT TO A RESTAURANT THAT, ALTHOUGH NOT_ >>>>>>> _ELEGANT, WAS VERY NICE AND COZY. MY MOTHER TOOK MY_ >>>>>>> _ARM AS IF SHE WERE THE FIRST LADY. AFTER WE SAT_ >>>>>>> _DOWN, I HAD TO READ THE MENU. HER EYES COULD ONLY_ >>>>>>> _READ LARGE PRINT. HALF WAY THROUGH THE ENTRIES, I_ >>>>>>> _LIFTED MY EYES AND SAW MOM SITTING THERE STARING AT_ >>>>>>> _ME. A NOSTALGIC SMILE WAS ON HER LIPS. IT WAS I_ >>>>>>> _WHO USED TO HAVE TO READ THE MENU WHEN YOU WERE_ >>>>>>> _SMALL, SHE SAID. I RESPONDED, THEN ITS TIME THAT YOU >>>>>>> RELAX AND_ >>>>>>> _LET ME RETURN THE FAVOR._ >>>>>>> _* * *_ >>>>>>> _DURING THE DINNER, WE HAD SUCH A NICE CONVERSATION- >>>>>>> -NOTHING EXTRAORDINARY, BUT CATCHING UP_ >>>>>>> _ON EVENTS OF EACH OTHERS LIFE. WE TALKED SO MUCH THAT WE >>>>>>> MISSED THE MOVIE._ >>>>>>> _* * *_ >>>>>>> _AS WE ARRIVED AT HER HOUSE LATER, SHE SAID,_ >>>>>>> _ILL GO OUT WITH YOU AGAIN, BUT ONLY IF YOU LET ME_ >>>>>>> _INVITE YOU. I AGREED._ >>>>>>> _* * *_ >>>>>>> _HOW WAS YOUR DINNER DATE?_ >>>>>>> _ASKED MY WIFE WHEN I GOT HOME._ >>>>>>> _VERY NICE; MUCH MORE THAN I COULD HAVE IMAGINED,_ >>>>>>> _I ANSWERED._ >>>>>>> _* * *_ >>>>>>> _A FEW DAYS LATER, MY MOTHER DIED OF A MASSIVE_ >>>>>>> _HEART ATTACK. IT HAPPENED SO SUDDENLY THAT I DIDNT_ >>>>>>> _HAVE A CHANCE TO DO ANYTHING FOR HER._ >>>>>>> _* * *_ >>>>>>> _SOME TIME LATER, I RECEIVED AN ENVELOPE WITH A_ >>>>>>> _COPY OF A RESTAURANT RECEIPT FROM THE SAME PLACE_ >>>>>>> _MOTHER AND I HAD DINED. AN ATTACHED NOTE SAID: I_ >>>>>>> _PAID THIS BILL IN ADVANCE. I WASNT SURE THAT I_ >>>>>>> _COULD BE THERE; BUT NEVERTHELESS, I PAID FOR TWO_ >>>>>>> _PLATES - ONE FOR YOU AND THE OTHER FOR YOUR WIFE._ >>>>>>> _YOU WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT THAT NIGHT MEANT FOR ME._ >>>>>>> _I LOVE YOU, SON._ >>>>>>> _* * *_ >>>>>>> _AT THAT MOMENT, I UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF_ >>>>>>> _SAYING IN TIME: I LOVE YOU AND TO GIVE OUR LOVED_ >>>>>>> _ONES THE TIME THAT THEY DESERVE. NOTHING IN LIFE IS_ >>>>>>> _MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR FAMILY. GIVE THEM THE TIME_ >>>>>>> _THEY DESERVE, BECAUSE THESE THINGS CANNOT BE PUT OFF_ >>>>>>> _TILL SOME OTHER TIME._ >>>>>>> _* * *_ >>>>>>> _SOMEBODY SAID IT TAKES ABOUT SIX WEEKS TO GET BACK_ >>>>>>> _TO NORMAL AFTER YOUVE HAD A BABY....SOMEBODY_ >>>>>>> _DOESNT KNOW THAT ONCE YOURE A MOTHER,_ >>>>>>> _NORMAL IS HISTORY._ >>>>>>> _* * *_ >>>>>>> _SOMEBODY SAID YOU LEARN HOW TO BE A MOTHER BY_ >>>>>>> _INSTINCT...SOMEBODY NEVER TOOK A THREE-YEAR-OLD >>>>>>> SHOPPING._ >>>>>>> _* * *_ >>>>>>> _SOMEBODY SAID BEING A MOTHER IS BORING....._ >>>>>>> _SOMEBODY NEVER RODE IN A CAR DRIVEN BY A TEENAGER WITH A >>>>>>> DRIVERS PERMIT._ >>>>>>> _SOMEBODY SAID IF YOURE AGOOD MOTHER,_ >>>>>>> _YOUR CHILD WILL TURN OUT GOOD...._ >>>>>>> _SOMEBODY THINKS A CHILD COMES WITH_ >>>>>>> _DIRECTIONS AND A GUARANTEE._ >>>>>>> _* * *_ >>>>>>> _SOMEBODY SAID YOU DONT NEED AN EDUCATION TO BE A_ >>>>>>> _MOTHER...SOMEBODY NEVER HELPED A FOURTH GRADER_ >>>>>>> _WITH THEIR MATH._ >>>>>>> _* * *_ >>>>>>> _SOMEBODY SAID YOU CANT LOVE THE SECOND CHILD AS_ >>>>>>> _MUCH AS YOU LOVE THE FIRST...SOMEBODY DOESNT_ >>>>>>> _HAVE MORE THAN ONE CHILD._ >>>>>>> _* * *_ >>>>>>> _SOMEBODY SAID THE HARDEST PART OF BEING A MOTHER_ >>>>>>> _IS LABOR AND DELIVERY..._ >>>>>>> _SOMEBODY NEVER WATCHED HER BABY GO TO THEIR_ >>>>>>> _FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL..._ >>>>>>> _OR HEAD OFF TO UNIVERSITY, OR MOVE AWAY FROM HOME._ >>>>>>> _* * *_ >>>>>>> _SOMEBODY SAID A MOTHER CAN STOP WORRYING AFTER HER_ >>>>>>> _CHILD GETS MARRIED...SOMEBODY DOESNT KNOW THAT_ >>>>>>> _MARRIAGE ADDS A NEW SON OR DAUGHTER-IN- LAW TO A_ >>>>>>> _MOTHERS HEARTSTRINGS._ >>>>>>> _* * *_ >>>>>>> _SOMEBODY SAID A MOTHERS JOB IS DONE WHEN_ >>>>>>> _HER LAST CHILD LEAVES HOME..._ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _SOMEBODY NEVER HAD GRANDCHILDREN._ >>>>>>> _* * *_ >>>>>>> _SOMEBODY SAID YOUR MOTHER KNOWS YOU LOVE HER, SO_ >>>>>>> _YOU DONT NEED TO TELL HER..._ >>>>>>> _SOMEBODY ISNT A MOTHER._ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _THIS MESSAGE SHOULD BE PASSED ALONG TO ALL THE MOTHERS >>>>>>> IN YOUR LIFE_ >>>>>>> _AND TO EVERYONE WHO EVER HAD A MOTHER. THIS ISNT_ >>>>>>> _JUST ABOUT BEING A MOTHER; ITS ABOUT APPRECIATING_ >>>>>>> _ALL THE PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE WHILE YOU HAVE THEM...NO_ >>>>>>> _MATTER WHO THAT PERSON IS._ >>>>
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 22:00:25 +0000
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