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.
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 driver’s permit.
Somebody said if you’re a good mother, your child will turn out good.
Somebody thinks a child comes with directions and a guarantee.
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.
Somebody said you don’t need an education to be a mother.
Somebody never helped a fourth grader with her math.
Somebody said you can’t love the fifth child as much as you love the first.
Somebody doesn’t have five children.
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.
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.
Somebody said a mother can do her job with her eyes closed and one hand tied behind her back.
Somebody never organized four giggling Brownies to sell cookies.
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.
Somebody said a mother’s job is done when her last child leaves home.
Somebody never had grandchildren.
Somebody said your mother knows you love her so you don’t need to tell her.
Somebody isn’t a mother.
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oooohhhhhh… sniffle.
I need to send that to my mom.
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I just had my daughter on April 27th. She was born 4 weeks early by emergency c-section and spent a week in NICU. I have never understood the joy, heartache, and worry of motherhood until recently. Your post speaks volumes. Happpy Mother’s Day to you.
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This one always brings a tear. Happy Mother’s Day!
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I’m sure this has been around forever, but my daughter sent it to me the other day as it was circulating on MySpace. Kristina, I hope things are going well now for you. Congratulations!
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oh how nice. happy mother’s day to u alison and all the mothers out there, especially my mommy.
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Kristina, Good luck to your and your new daughter.
Belated Happy Mo. Day to All.
Alison, I loved this post.