To all Mothers and people I love.
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After 21 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 a widow for 19 years, but the
demands of my work and my three 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. "What's wrong, are 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 that it would be pleasant to spend some
time with you, "I responded. "Just the two of us." She
thought about it for a moment, and then said, "I would
like that very much."
That Friday after work, as I drove over to
pick her up I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at
her house, I noticed that she, too, seemed to be
nervous about our date. She waited in the door with
her coat on.
She had curled her hair and was wearing the
dress that she had worn to celebrate her last
wedding anniversary.
She smiled from a face that was as radiant
as an angel's. "I told my friends that I was going
to go out with my son, and they were impressed," she
said, as she got into the car. "They can't wait to
hear about our meeting."
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.
"Then it's time that you relax and let me return the
favor," I responded.
During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation
nothing extraordinary but catching up on recent events
of each other's life. We talked so much
that we missed the movie.
As we arrived at her house later, she said,
"I'll 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 so 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 didn't 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 wasn't 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."
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Somebody said it takes about six weeks to
get back to normal after you've had a baby ......
somebody doesn't know that once you're a mother,
"normal" is history.
Oh Yeah.
Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by
instinct ....somebody never took a three-year-old
shopping.
I have..
Somebody said being a mother is boring....somebody never
rode in a car driven by a teenager with a driver's
permit.
Panic time!!!!!
Somebody said if you're a "good" mother, your child
will "turn out good" .....somebody thinks a child
comes with directions and a guarantee.
Nope not yet...
Somebody said "good" mothers never raise their voices
......somebody never came out the back door just in
time to see her child hit a golf ball through the
neighbor's kitchen window.
I've been lucky enough to have missed this joy...
Somebody said you don't need an education to be a
mother ......somebody never helped a fourth grader
with his math.
Or 5th, 6th 7th and so on!!!!
Somebody said you can't love the second child as much
as you love the first ....somebody doesn't have two
children.
Humm, something to think on...
Somebody said a mother can find all the answers to her
child-rearing questions in the books ...... somebody
never had a child stuff beans up his nose or in his ears.
Billy did the corn kernel in the ear....
Somebody said the hardest part of being a mother is
labor and delivery ....somebody never watched her
"baby" get on the bus for the first day of
kindergarten ...or on a plane headed for military
"boot camp."
I have done both...
Somebody said a mother can do her job with her eyes
closed and one hand tied behind her back ....somebody
never organized seven giggling Brownies to sell cookies.
Or a field trip, or Boy Scouts Etc....
Somebody said a mother can stop worrying after her
child gets married ....somebody doesn't know that
marriage adds a new son or daughter-in-law to
a mother's heartstrings.
Over and over...
Somebody said a mother's job is done when her last
child leaves home .....somebody never had
grandchildren.
AMEN!!
Somebody said your mother knows you love her, so you
don't need to tell her ...somebody isn't a mother.
Enough said.
Pass this along to all the "mothers" in your
life, and to everyone who ever had a mother.
This isn't just about being a mother, it's about
appreciating the people in your life while you have them!
Love to all,
Granny
there I have told everyone. We can all sit and hold our breath together. 
I know, I am bad!! But you love me. 
Oh, yippy skippy!!! 
Oh well, This too shall pass. I just hope Grandpa doesn't get it. That would not be fun at all. 
Men don't do sick well. 
