A friend of mine is celebrating mother's day! She is 90-years-old, so I sent her candy and flowers. She called and told me how thrilled she was to get the flowers and candy. She had just gotten them, and was putting them in vase, and she said it was so nice to be remembered. I told her it was my pleasure, because my mother is gone, and I cannot send her flowers, but I know she would want me to send you some. This dear lady's husband died when he was just 50. She had to go to work after that and she raised 3 children on her own. Her only daughter died very young and 2 years ago she lost her oldest son, and now only has her one son. She said it is hard for a mother to lose her children in death; because she expected to be long gone before any of her children died. But she has a sweet gentle spirit in accepting what life has brought her. She is 90 and still living along and active. She loves watching Chicago Cubs play, and golf and tennis. She cooks for her grandchildren every chance she gets. Mother's are special and mother's are precious.
What is the first thing we usually do when we go home for a visit?
We say..."Mom!" Are you there... or where is mom? A mother is always a mother. No matter how old her children are, she is still mother, mom or mama.

Mother's are so important in a child's life. She teaches by example. She teaches in her manner. She is a dear soul. Without mother's, this would indeed be a sad world.

Happy Mother's Day dear mothers!