Honoring Mothers
A few months back I did a post about “Motherhood-What My Daughter Says I Got Right.” You can read it by clicking here
https://nanahood.com/things-my-daughter-says-i-did-right
One reader made a comment that I want to share with you. Tracey said in part, “As I read your daughters thoughts about her childhood I was struck by the fact that all these things didn’t cost anything , no amount of money can make you a better mom, no great toys, no wonderful trips, no fancy schools. Showing your babies that you love them and want to spend time with them is all that God asks of us and all that our babies need.”
Since Mother’s Day is this weekend I wanted to remind all the moms out there that Tracey is right. Life is not about STUFF! It’s about LOVE and sharing it.
I told you that I recently spoke to an adorable group of Girl Scouts about moms and daughters. I want to share a small part of that speech with you in honor of Mother’s Day.
Job Advertisement for Moms
Wanted- Combination cook, nurse, social worker, teacher, psychiatrist, maid, chauffeur, and personal secretary. Must work and be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You will be required to attend thousands of little league ballgames where you will be forced to sit next to neurotic, loudmouthed parents who think their son or daughter is the next Babe Ruth or Michael Jordan. You will be required to host sleepovers where you will not be allowed to sleep. More than likely someone will throw up on you at least once. You will attend hundreds of boring PTO meetings and serve on committees where you have to do most of the work yourself. By the way, this job lasts forever. Anyone with a weak stomach or who doesn’t have nerves of steel, need not apply.
Most of us would pass that job right up wouldn’t we? We’d probably read it and say “Who in their right mind would be stupid enough to apply for that job?
But then, maybe we’d glance at it again and this time we’d read the fine print where the salary and benefits are listed:
Successful applicant will be paid with sloppy kisses and sticky hugs, bouquets of dandelions and flowers handpicked from her own flower garden. You will be allowed to hear night time prayers and thousands of “God blesses” Your refrigerator will always be decorated with art work and pictures. And someday, years down the road your child will realize what you have done for them and say “thank you” and reward you with grandchildren.
