In honor of upcoming Mother's Day...
The Images of Mother:
4 years of age: My Mommy can do anything!
8 years of age: My Mom knows a lot! A whole lot!
12 years of age: My Mother doesn't really know quite everything
14 years of age: Naturally, Mother doesn't know that either
16 years of age: Mother? She's hopelessly old-fashioned
18 years of age: That old woman? She's way out of date!
25 years of age: Well, she might know a little bit about it
35 years of age: Before we decide, let's get Mom's opinion
60 years of age: Wonder what Mom would have thought about it?
65 years of age: Wish I could talk it over with Mom once more
"Somebody" said a Mother is an unskilled laborer.
That individual never gave a squirmy infant a bath.
"Somebody" said you know how to be a Mother by instinct.
That individual never took a three year old shopping.
"Somebody" said that "good" Mothers never yell at their kids.
That individual's child never sent a baseball through a neighbor's picture
window.
"Somebody" said a Mother can find all the answers to her child-rearing
questions in books. That individual never had a child stuff beans in her
nose.
"Somebody" said a Mother always adores her children.
That individual never tried to comfort a colicky baby at 3 am.
"Somebody" said a Mother can do her job with her eyes closed and one hand
tied behind her back.
That individual never organized 7 giggling Brownies into a cookie-selling
brigade.
"Somebody" said the hardest part of being a Mother is labor and delivery.
That individual never watched her "baby" get on the bus for the first
day of kindergarten.
"Somebody" said your Mother knows you love her, so you don't have to tell
her.
That individual isn't a Mother.
Happy Mother's Day!
Sally Steur
elementary school
Library Media Specialist
P.S. 72
Brooklyn, NY
sarag54@aol.com
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