It's a privilege to be a mother. Motherhood is the greatest blessing any woman can be blessed with. Motherhood is a symbol of love, kindness and forgiveness. A mother's touch is the first human touch in a child's life. A mother's heart is filled with a never-exhausting love for her children. She lives and dies for them.
A mother is the most beautiful woman in the child's eyes. It is a mother's love, pure and unadulterated, which nourishes a child and helps him to see and understand the cruel and the harsh world where he is destined to spend the rest of his life. Only a mother knows how it feels to be a mother.
Mothers shoulder a huge responsibility of instilling the good and the bad in her child's heart. Being a mother is tough. A mother's every action and word is under the deepest scrutiny and therefore she is always over cautious of her conduct. Whether you are a single mother or an ideal mother trying to be a role model for your child, you can benefit from the parenting tips given in the subsequent sections. Here we unleash the secrets of being an ideal mom.
* Single Mother
* Be an Ideal Mother
* Motherhood Myth
* Working Mothers
Single Mother
The trend of single mother by choice is growing. The growing number is attributed to the fact that the number of successful professional women working in large cities is growing at an alarming rate. These women are too busy to marry and take up the marital responsibilities but still harbor the deep desire to give birth to a child. Independent women deciding to part ways from their partners and freeing themselves from unhappy marriages is also more common in the modern day society.
A confident and single working mother is usually very capable of fulfilling the parental responsibilities all by herself without a male partner. Single working mothers intend to give special attention to their child, which is in a way beneficial to the emotional and spiritual growth of the child and makes him feel more secure and confident.
The sole aim of a single mother by choice or by chance is to provide the best for her child and cater to all their needs. In the absence of the benignant influence of a male role model, these mothers are expected to double up as a father too to the growing child. This genre of modern women, the single mothers by choice or by chance, are physically and emotionally very strong and capable and are driven by a powerful instinct to raise their children to be the same.
Be the Ideal Mother
A child is carried in a mother's womb for 9 months before he/she is blessed with the light of the world. To every child his/her mother is the most perfect creature on earth, the loveliest and the most infallible.
It is not al all easy to be a role model mother. There are no hard and fast written rules to be the ideal mother or the ideal parent. The most important tip would be to understand the responsibility of instilling the best values in her child's mind and bring the child up to be a confident, happy and good human being.
An ideal mother is one who inculcates the best of family values in her children. She also has tons of patience to put up with the childish tantrums and makes the child feel satisfied and happy without being over-indulgent. She is usually a mixture of the toughness of granite and softness of blossoms, the sharpness of razor and the coolness of mountain streams, the calmness of still water and the purity of untrodden snow. She is the child's best friend. She is there for the child through every thick and thin. In one word, she is the light of her child's life. All mothers should aspire to be the role model mother to your child.
Motherhood Myth
Marriage, motherhood, maternal instinct, mothering, maternal responses are all associated very closely with the entity called mother. The way a mother feels for her child is instinctive, with a number of hormonal and psychological factors involved. There are certain well-defined and clear-cut ways in which mothers react to their responsibility of child bearing, child rearing and home making.
Most women go through the phase of experiencing the fantasies of the motherhood myth and many other myths associated with it, for example, myth of "instant bonding" and of "ideal mother." This fantasy actually prepares the mother in her to undergo the entire painfully pleasurable experience of mothering a child.
The myths of instant bonding and ideal mother make the whole concept of motherhood seem so rosy, stimulating, meaningful and enriching. They actually encourage every woman to cherish the feeling of being a mother to a child and also the desire of mothering the child in the most perfect manner possible.
Working Mothers
A working mother is a superwoman with the extraordinary flair for balancing her family responsibilities and her responsibilities as an employee. As the saying goes, she has to have her cake and also eat it. With a motto to balance work and life---a working woman is striving to excel in both. The exponentially rising number of working women force in organizations is a proof of that.
The toughest part of the story is to strike the right balance so that the family members do not feel neglected on account of her career and at the same time she should not be left far behind when it comes to fulfilling her job responsibilities. Instead of looking for sympathy and consideration from her employee and colleagues, she should try and succeed in not giving anybody a chance to differentiate her from her full-time devoted women co-workers without family responsibilities.
A working woman and a mother, that too a single working mother, the role is tough and challenging. Being the sole guardian angel to her child and also the sole breadwinner of the family with an immense responsibility to raise her children all by herself, her role undoubtedly calls for a woman with plenty of emotional strength and a steely determination. The successful, role model, single mothers have proved that the idea of working mother and impact on child is not that scary anymore. The fact that, even single mothers can set excellent standards and above par examples when it comes to raising children, is now a proven fact. The society is now more considerate, supportive and receptive to this new genre of working mothers abounding in almost every field.
You can actually find the type of mum you have. Having an idea about the inherent nature of your mother at times helps you judge her actions and words better. It's always good to have insights into her nature. This in turn helps you to understand your mother better and act accordingly. It gives you an opportunity to work on your relationship with your mom.
Moms can be of many different types: sugary sweet, disciplinarian, short-tempered, patient, determined or even very passionate. But whatever be the predominant qualities ruling her heart she would always be the mother to her child and will continue to love and protect her child with all her heart and soul. Her maternal instincts dominate and surpass all other qualities she possesses.
Depending on the nature of your mom you can plan and choose gift for her that will suit her best. On Mother's Day plan a celebration that will be really approved by your mother. You can categorize your mothers in the following four distinct categories:
* Artisan Mother
* Idealist Mother
* Rational Mothers
* Guardian Mothers
Artisan Mother
You should be very happy to have an artisan mother, for you can afford to be a carefree child and do as your heart tells you. An artisan mother would not be very strict and not much of a disciplinarian. You will learn from her to deviate from the usual norms.
Artisan mothers are playful, daring and also sensual. Artisan mothers love adventures. They look for fun and enjoyment in the small acts of life. Typically, they are unconventional and spontaneous. These free-spirited mothers are emotional and impulsive by nature. You have an advantage with artisan mothers; and that is such mothers are more-often-than-not generous to faults. You can possibly have your way by touching the emotional strings attached to their hearts. They are usually very daring and are least afraid of the risks in life.
If you refer to celebrity mothers to have a clear understanding of the personality of an artisan mother you can always take the example of Madonna who is a very famous artisan mother. Now can you recognize your artisan mother?
Guardian Mothers
Guardian mothers have a supreme sense of responsibility, which make them a dependent and responsible mom. But this quality also makes them known to be difficult mothers.
Guardian mothers are very law-abiding. You can trust your guardian mother with any kind of secret, as they are very trustworthy and loyal. They are traditional in their thoughts and ways as they value their custom a lot. Their strong sense of right and wrong adds to making them difficult to deal with. But at the same time being raised up by such a mom will mean that you grow up to be a perfect individual. Such a mom will make a perfectionist out of you and will definitely bring out the best in you.
Queen Victoria is a famous example of a guardian mother.
Idealist Mother
Every child will be proud to possess an idealist mother. There are three basic qualities that rule the heart of a mom with ideals; and these three qualities make these mothers romantic, intuitive and enthusiastic. By nature they make very nurturing, doting and kind hearted mothers. If you know that your mother exactly fits into the category of an idealist mother, the knowledge will help you to deal with your mom better.
If you have an idealist mother you have to pay much more importance to your personal growth and development because they are passionate about the personal growth and development of a person. They brim with enthusiasm and let their enthusiasm infect others around her. The romanticism in their nature does not allow them to be practical in the ways of life.
Among the idealist mothers we have the famous personality of Audrey Hepburn. You can take queues about your own idealist mom by going through the character traits of this famous personality.
Rational Mothers
A rational mother would be naturally very logical in their thoughts and actions. They would be absolutely even-tempered and of a fiercely independent nature. Their minds are constantly busy trying to understand how this world works.
Their apparent lack of emotion can be very easily mistaken for coldness but we must try and understand that deep down they are always busy in finding out a solution for making this world a better place for you to live in. They are very determined by nature and absolutely dedicated to the project in hand. Rational mothers will definitely make very balanced mothers.
Margaret Thatcher is a very well known personality among the rational mothers.
* "No man is poor who has had a godly mother."- Abraham Lincoln
* "The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness."- Honore' de Balzac
* "Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; a mother's secret hope outlives them all."- Oliver Wendell Holmes
* "Before becoming a mother I had a hundred theories on how to bring up children. Now I have seven children and only one theory: love them, especially when they least deserves to be loved."- Kate Samperi
* "Making a decision to have a child -- it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body."- Elizabeth Stone
* "If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do well matters very much."- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
* Adorable children are considered to be the general property of the human race. Rude children belong to their mothers- Judith Martin
* "The mother loves her child most divinely, not when she surrounds him with comfort and anticipates his wants, but when she resolutely holds him to the highest standards and is content with nothing less than his best."- Hamilton Wright Mabie
* "Motherhood brings as much joy as ever, but it still brings boredom, exhaustion, and sorrow too. Nothing else ever will make you as happy or as sad, as proud or as tired, for nothing is quite as hard as helping a person develop his own individuality especially while you struggle to keep your own."-Marguerite Kelly and Elia Parsons
* "A mother understands what a child does not say." - Jewish Proverb
* "The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent."- Erich Fromm
* "A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take."- Cardinal Mermillod
* "Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother."- Lin Yü-tang
* "Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the Promised Land. She prepares a world she will not see."- Pope Paul VI
* "The mother is the most precious possessions of the nation, so precious that society advances its highest well-being when it protects the functions of the mother."- Ellen Key
* "Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers, and sisters, aunts and cousins, but only one mother in the whole world."- Kate Douglas Wiggin
* Abraham Lincoln's Mom
"Again with the stovepipe hat, Abe? Can't you just wear a baseball cap like the other kids?"
* Barney's Mom
"I realize strained plums are your favorite, Barney, but you're starting to look a little purple!"
* Mary's Mom:
"I'm not upset the you lamb followed you to school, Mary, but I would like to know how he got a better grade than you!"
* Batman's Mom:
"It's a nice car, Bruce, but do you realize how much the insurance will be!"
* Goldilock's Mom:
"I've got a bill here for a busted chair from the bear family. You know anything about this Goldie?"
* Little Miss Muffet's Mom:
"Well, all I've got to say is if you don't get of your tuffet and start cleaning your room, there'll be a lot more spiders around here!"
* Albert Einstein's Mom:
"But, Albert, it's your senior picture. Can't you do something about your hair? Styling gel, mousse, something....?"
* George Washington's Mom:
"The next time I catch you throwing money across the Potomac, you can kiss your allowance good-bye!"
* Jonah's Mom:
"That's a nice story, but now tell me where you've really been for the past 3 days!"
* Superman's Mom:
"Clark, your father and I have discussed it, and we've decided you can have your own telephone line. Now will you quit spending so much time in all those phone booths!"
* Thomas Edison's Mom:
"Of course I'm proud that you invented the electric light bulb, dear. Now turn off that light and get to bed!"
Quotes By Famous Women
* "A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who never owned a car." -Carrie Snow
* "Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you cry with your girlfriends." -Laurie Kuslansky
* "My second favorite household chore is ironing. The first being, hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint." -Erma Bombeck
* "A man's got to do what a man's got to do. A woman must do what he can't." -Rhonda Handsome
* "Every time I close the door on reality it comes in through the windows." -Jennifer Unlimited
* "Whatever women must do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult." -Charlotte Whitton
* "Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart." -Caryn Leschen
* "I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once." -Jennifer Unlimited
* "When I was young, I was put in a school for retarded kids for two years before they realized I actually had a hearing loss. And they called ME slow!" -Kathy Buckley
* "If high heels were so wonderful, men would still be wearing them." -Sue Grafton
* "When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country." -Elayne Boosler
* "Behind every successful man is a surprised woman." -Maryon Pearson
* "In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man- if you want anything done, ask a woman." -Margaret Thatcher
* "I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career." -Gloria Steinem
* "I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house." -Zsa Zsa Gabor
* "Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission." -Eleanor Roosevelt
* "All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother." - Abraham Lincoln
* "I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life."- Abraham Lincoln
* "My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her."- George Washington
* "There never was a woman like her. She was gentle as a dove and brave as a lioness... The memory of my mother and her teachings were, after all, the only capital I had to start life with, and on that capital I have made my way."- Andrew Jackson
* "An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest."- Spanish proverb
* "The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom."- Henry Ward Beecher
* "I cannot tell you how much I owe to the solemn word of my good mother." - Charles Haddon Spurgeon
* "Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws."- Barbara Kingsolver
* "The future destiny of a child is always the work of the mother."- Napoleon Bonaparte
* "To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power." - Maya Angelou
* "It seems to me that my mother was the most splendid woman I ever knew... I have met a lot of people knocking around the world since, but I have never met a more thoroughly refined woman than my mother. If I have amounted to anything, it will be due to her."- Charles Chaplin
* "The mother, more than any other, affects the moral and spiritual part of the children's character. She is their constant companion and teacher in formative years. The child is ever imitating and assimilating the mother's nature. It is only in after life that men gaze backward and behold how a mother's hand and heart of love molded their young lives and shaped their destiny."- E.W. Caswell
* "The noblest calling in the world is that of mother. True motherhood is the most beautiful of all arts, the greatest of all professions. She who can paint a masterpiece or who can write a book that will influence millions deserves the plaudits and admiration of mankind; but she who rears successfully a family of healthy, beautiful sons and daughters whose immortal souls will be exerting an influence throughout the ages long after painting shall have faded, and books and statues shall have been destroyed, deserves the highest honor that man can give."- David O. McKay
* "My mother never gave up on me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back."- Denzel Washington
* "My mother said to me, "If you become a soldier you'll be a general; if you become a monk you'll end up as the pope." Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso."- Pablo Picasso
* "The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother." - David O. McKay
* "A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary." - Dorothy Canfield Fisher
* Creating a warm, caring, supportive, encouraging environment is probably the most important thing you can do for your family. - Stephen Covey
* "Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at de sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground." - Zora Neale Hurston
* "God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers." - Jewish Proverb
* "The commonest fallacy among women is that simply having children makes one a mother - which is as absurd as believing that having a piano makes one a musician." - Sydney Harris
* On Mother's Day a minister gave this perfect tribute: "My mother practices what I preach."- Capper's weekly
* Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, and call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. - Jane Howard
* Healthy families are our greatest national resource. - Dolores Curran
* Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall. A mother's secret love outlives them all.- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Mother's Day Messages
The occasion of Mother's Day is extraordinary for all of us. It's time to love, kiss and hug the most precious creation of God- our Mom! All through our lives we love to put our heads in the lap of our mothers, unmindful of our status, position and standing. For her, we always remain the small kid but this is the day to visit our Mom, spend time with her, hold her hands and reassure her of our love and care. Some of the most beautiful messages from some of the greatest men and women of all times pay a glowing tribute to mothers on this Mother's Day.
* Your arms were always open when I needed a hug. Your heart understood when I needed a friend. Your gentle eyes were stern when I needed a lesson. Your strength and love has guided me and gave me wings to fly. - Sarah Malin
* If I had a flower for each time I thought of My Mother, I could walk in my garden forever. - Unknown
* Mother is the name for god on the lips and hearts of all children - Brandon Lee
* Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible. - Marion C. Garretty
* All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother. - Abraham Lincoln
* There is no velvet so soft as a mother's lap, no rose as lovely as her smile, no path so flowery as that imprinted with her footsteps. - Archibald Thompson
* The Miracle of Life nurtured by a woman who gave us love and sacrifice...MOTHER - Joel Barquez
* This heart, my own dear mother, bends, with love's true instinct, back to thee! - Thomas Moore
To Value A Job Well Done
"If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning."
Time Travel
"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"
Logic
"Because I said so, that's why."
Foresight
"Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."
Irony
"Keep crying and I'll give you something to cry about."
Osmosis
"Shut your mouth and eat your supper."
Stamina
"You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."
Weather
"This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."
Hypocrisy
"If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!"
Circle Of Life
"I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."
Behavior Modification
"Stop acting like your father!"
Envy
"There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do."
Anticipation
"Just wait until we get home."
Receiving
"You are going to get it when you get home!"
Medical Science
"If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way."
How To Become An Adult
"If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."
Genetics
"You're just like your father."
Wisdom
"When you get to be my age, you'll understand."
Justice
"One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you"
Funny Quotes About Women
* "As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied." -Oscar Wilde.
* "One of the reasons I don't see eye to eye with Women's Lib is that women have it all on a plate if only they knew it. They don't have to be pretty either."-Charlotte Rampling.
* "When women kiss it always reminds me of prize fighters shaking hands." -HL Mencken.
* "When a woman becomes a scholar there is usually something wrong with her sexual organs." -Friedrich Nietzsche
* "Nature intended women to be our slaves. They are our property." -Napolean Bonaparte
* "If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning."-Aristotle Onassis
* "Some women hold up dresses that are so ugly and they always say the same thing: 'This looks much better on.' On what? On fire?" -Rita Rudner
* "Most women are not as young as they are painted." -Max Beerbohm
* "When women go wrong, men go right after them." -Mae West.
* "Women are nothing but machines for producing children." -Napolean Bonaparte.
* "An archaeologist is best husband a woman can have: the older she gets, the more interested he is in her." -Agatha Christie
* "Women are like elephants. Everyone likes to look at them but no-one likes to have to keep one." -WC Fields
* "Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good? Luckily, this is not difficult." -Charlotte Whitton.
* "Women complain about PMS, but I think of it as the only time of the month when I can be myself." -Roseanne Barr.
* "A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's - That's because she changes it more often." -Oliver Hereford
* "My wife is the sort of woman who gives necrophillia a bad name."-Patrick Murray
* "What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce."-Mark Twain.
* "As Miss America, my goal is to bring peace to the entire world and then get my own apartment." -Jay Leno
* "Men are superior to women. For one thing, men can urinate from a speeding car." -Will Durst
* Last week I stated that this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister and now wish to withdraw that statement." -Mark Twain.
* "Despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, I have not yet been able to answer the great question that has never been answered: What does a woman want?" -Sigmund Freud
* "When a woman behaves like a man, why doesn't she behave like a nice man?" -Edith Evans
* "Women should have labels on their foreheads saying, 'Government Health Warning: women can seriously damage your brains, genitals, current account, confidence, razor blades, and good standing among your friends'." -Jeffrey Bernard
* "No man knows more about women than I do, and I know nothing." -Seymour Hicks
* "When I have one foot in the grave, I will tell the whole truth about women. I shall tell it, jump into my coffin, pull the lid over me and say, 'Do what you like now'." -Leo Tolstoy
* "Women are an alien race set down among us." -John Updike
Here is a light hearted presentation of what we all think about our moms, at different points of our lives. Don't get surprised because we all have the same tendency towards our mothers!
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
45 Years Of Age -Wonder what Mom would have thought about it
65 Years Of Age -Wish, I could talk it over with Mom
You're Really A Mom When...
* You count the number of sprinkles on each kid's cupcake to make sure they are equal.
* You want to take out a contract on the kid who broke your child's favorite toy and made him/her cry.
* You have time to shave only one leg at a time.
* You hide in the bathroom to be alone.
* Your child throws up and you catch it.
* Someone else's kid throws up at a party and you keep eating.
* You consider finger paint to be a controlled substance.
* You mastered the art of placing food on a plate without anything touching.
* Your child insists that you read "Once upon a Potty" out loud in the lobby of the doctor's office and you do it.
* You hire a baby sitter because you haven't been out with your husband in ages, then you spend half the night talking about and checking on the kids.
* You hope ketchup is a vegetable because it's the only one your child eats.
* You find yourself cutting your husband's sandwiches into unusual shapes.
* You fast-forward through the scene when the hunter shoots Bambi's mother.
* You obsess when your child clings to you upon parting during his first month at school, then you obsess when he skips in without looking back.
* You can't bear to give away baby clothes--it's so final.
* You hear your mother's voice coming out of your mouth when you say, "Not in your good clothes."
* You stop criticizing the way your mother raised you.
* You read that the average-five-year old asks 437 questions a day and feel proud that your kid is "above average."
We celebrate the Mother's Day to show honor and respect to one of the most influential persons in our lives. We all have spent most formative years of our lives with our mothers and shared all joy and sorrows. Such is the greatness of our mom that she always tries to make us feel happy even in times of distress. This occasion of Mother's Day would become more enjoyable if we add some flavor of humor to it.
"The hand that rocks the cradle usually is attached to someone who isn't getting enough sleep."
- John Fiebig
"I'd like to be the ideal mother, but I'm too busy raising my kids."- Unknown
The mother of three notoriously unruly youngsters was asked whether or not she'd have children if she had it to do over again. "Yes," she replied. "But not the same ones."
- David Finkelstein
A little boy forgot his lines in a Sunday school presentation. His mother was in the front row to prompt him. She gestured and formed the words silently with her lips, but it did not help. Her son's memory was blank. Finally, she leaned forward and whispered the cue, "I am the light of the world." The child beamed and with great feeling and a loud clear voice said, "My mother is the light of the world."
- Bits and Pieces, 1989
A teacher gave her class of second graders a lesson on the magnet and what it does. The next day in a written test, she included this question: "My full name has six letters. The first one is M. I pick up things. What am I?" When the test papers were turned in, the teacher was astonished to find that almost 50 percent of the students answered the question with the word Mother- Unknown
Kids Jokes
* When Johnny had a new sister, he became envious of the attention she was getting. One day while his mother was nursing the baby, Johnny was getting unyielding about being on mom's lap. Mom wasn't able to deal with both children at that time and told Johnny to go wait for her. He then asked his mom: "Mommy, can you please put Clara back in your tummy now?"
* A Sunday school teacher asked her class why Joseph and Mary took Jesus with them to Jerusalem. A small child replied: "They couldn't get a baby-sitter."
* A mother and her young son returned from the grocery shop and began putting away the groceries. The boy opened the box of animal crackers and spread them all over the table. "What are you doing?" his mother asked. "The box says you can't eat them if the seal is broken," the boy explained. "Therefore I'm looking for the seal."
* Can people predict the future with cards?
My mother can.
Really?
Yes, she takes one look at my report card and tells me what will happen When my father gets back home.
* "Mom, when I grow up will I be your mom?"
* My mom had been getting on my little sisters about not picking up their clothes. I was sitting in my room, and heard my mom say, "Who left all this underwear all over the floor?"
As innocently as an angel, my sister Anne replied, "The Panty Fairy came and left us presents"!
* After putting her children to bed, a mother changed into old slacks and a worn out blouse and proceeded to wash her hair. As she heard the children getting more and more rambunctious, her tolerance grew thin. At last she put a towel around her head and stormed into their room, putting them back to bed with severe warnings. While leaving the room, she overheard her three-year-old say with a shaky voice, "Who was 'that'?"
Mother's Day is a day to honor all mothers. A most wonderful and loving way to honor a mother's unconditional love for a child is a short innocent note written by the child. A hand-written note containing a sweet and emotional poem thanking God for the blessing in the form of a mother in your life is sure to melt a mother's heart within seconds. So write a prayer for your mother and leave it beside her pillow along with a beautiful card. Mother's Day prayers should be the most earnest and sweetest of all.
There are so many beautiful Prayers for Mothers Day to choose from.
Mother's Day Prayer 1:
Lord, protect and guide mothers everywhere to look out for their children. Help them teach and love their children as You love and teach us. Mothers are very important and help them do their vocation in a loving way. Amen.
-Author Unknown
Mother's Day Prayer 2:
May the blessing of the Divine
Be an especially bright benediction
Upon mothers everywhere
On your blessed day -
On Mother's Day!
-Susan Kramer
Mother's Day Prayer 3:
Blessed are mothers
Models of care, like no others.
With mothers' love in mind
May we grow to shine.
Bright beacons of care
For family, friends, neighbors
- Our world family everywhere!
-Susan Kramer
Mother's Day Prayer 4:
"We only have One Mom, One Mommy,
One Mother in this World, One life.
Don't wait for the Tomorrow's
to tell Mom, you love her"
"To the world you might just be one person,
but to one person you might just be the world."
~Author Unknown~
Mother is, probably, one of those few words whose very mention inspires a flurry of emotions in the heart of even the cruelest person. The word Mother has stirred the imagination of people since time immemorial, resulting into a great outpouring of emotion, finding its way through poetry and literature. We all become poetic, in one way or the other, when it comes to describing or remembering our mom. A few poetic words, expressing our love and care, mean the world to her. Poems are, surely, the best way to express our feelings on the Mother's Day. Nothing can match the melody and fragrance of these poems on this beautiful occasion. We are putting up a few of these soul soothing Mother's day poems to help you in conveying your heart felt emotions to your dear mom. Happy Mother's day!
"I love you,"
- Carl Sandburg
"I love you,"
said a great mother.
"I love you for what you are
knowing so well what you are.
And I love you more yet, child,
deeper yet than ever, child,
for what you are going to be,
knowing so well you are going far,
knowing your great works are ahead,
ahead and beyond,
yonder and far over yet."
The family
- Mary Loberg
The family
is like a garden
with joy
for all to share,
With tender, growing blossoms
that thrive on love
and care,
And when
the flowers are gathered
for a very special day,
They make
a bright and beautiful
happiness bouquet.
Home
- Mary Catherine Shannon
I know a place that's paradise
For "gamesters" of all sorts-
For young and old competitors,
For in-and-outdoor sports.
The tournaments get under way
Each Saturday at dawn-
With board games on the carpet
And baseball on the lawn.
There's poker played for bottle caps
And football just for kicks,
Plus every other kind of thrill
From jacks to pick-up-sticks.
This living room Las Vegas,
This backyard Astrodome
Is always where the action is
And best of all-it's home!
Poetry By Mom
"I love you,"
- Carl Sandburg
I sit here quietly
Watching them while they sleep
I wonder
And my heart is torn
How my love for them
Grew so strong
That I feel breathless
It sometimes even hurts
Yet I am never tired
Of watching their little faces
As they sleep.
I can see
That they are running
In their dreams
Their legs move
Back and forth...
Are they on a beach?
Or in green grass fields?
So what if when I am tired
They ruin the room again
Are they not the reasons
Which makes me forget every pain
Oh Lord! Tell me
How possibly could I live?
Before I was a mother
I never knew this bliss.
To understand Mother's Day and what it really means, you need to understand the person in your life called 'Mother'. Mother is one who nurtures you in her womb for nine months and brings you forth to enjoy the supreme blessing on earth, that is, Life. Mother is one who guides you through your infancy and turns the soft, helpless creature to the powerful and successful YOU. She is the guardian angel protecting you and supporting you, feeling for you and serving you silently always with a smile on her face. She prides herself watching you grow and provides you a shoulder to cry on whenever you need. She is every child's best friend.
For a child, every single day should be a Mothers Day. The essence of the meaning of Mother's Day is in the fact that we should try and make this day every year a memorable one for your mother. She should cherish the special feeling of this day and the intensity of that feeling should last her the lifetime.
This is the day to stop, remember, and pray for that special person in our life, without whom we would not have been, what we are today; a day to prove that all her efforts, towards making us a complete person, have been worthwhile and make her feel proud for us. In the broader sense of the term, Mother's Day is a day to be grateful to God for being so kind as to bless us with an angel in the form of Mother.
Some Typical Motherly Advice
There are a few things, which are common to all the mothers around the world. Apart from showering love and affection, mothers make it a point to keep an eye on every activity of their children- this of course arises as a result of her being too caring about her child, so that he/she is always unhurt. Here are some of the most common advices by mothers to their children:
* Make sure to change your underwear always; you never know when you'll have an accident.
* Don't make that face or it'll solidify in that position.
* Be careful or else you'll put your eye out.
* What if everyone jumped into a well? Would you do it, too?
* You have enough filth behind those ears to grow potatoes!
* C'mon close that door! Were you born in a barn?
* If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all.
* Don't put that thing in your mouth; you don't know where it's been!
Mother Teresa's Favorite Sayings
* I work for the people, because I feel I must do something.
* People are generally irrational, unreasonable and selfish. They deserve to be loved, anyway.
* It's law of nature that the good you do, will be forgotten tomorrow. But the good work must be carried on.
* Your honesty and frankness will expose you to problems but your work should not stop for it means the world to so many people.
* Years of your hard work may be destroyed overnight, that should not deter you from building upon your hard work.
* Despite giving your best to the world, you may be kicked in the teeth. Give the best you've got anyway.
* Places like Calcutta can be seen all over the world if you have eyes to see.
* Developed countries suffer from poverty of understanding, poverty of will, of loneliness, of lack of love and spirit. There is no greater disease in the world today than this.
* When you don't have anything, then you have everything.
* The person who gives with a smile is the best giver because God loves a cheerful giver.
* It is not the size of our actions but the amount of love and care that is put into them that matters.
* You should never lose heart. God is merciful and kind- he has endowed you with the best gift- smile, which can make millions happy.
* Show kindness through your face, your eyes, your smile and through the warmth of your greetings. You must bear a cheerful smile. Don't only give your care, but give your heart as well.
It is your mother who brings you to see the light of this world. It is she who looks after the helpless you and serves you with all her heart and does everything to make your life comfortable. Just for a day, at least, we shall stop taking our mothers for granted.
Mother's Day is one occasion that gives you the opportunity to do something for your mother. And if you start wondering about the reasons you need to treat your mother, you would end up with nothing less than a zillion reasons. Let's just remember the most important reasons for which we need to be grateful to our mom and that would be enough to arrange a lavish treat for her on the special occasion of Mother's Day.
* Since your childhood you have watched your mom washing and ironing your clothes, keeping your school uniform sparkling and spotless, and your jumpers without a single crease.
* You have been lucky enough to be picked and dropped to and from your school every single day right form your first day at school.
* Whenever you had a fight and for the slightest reason or if you needed a reason to cry on someone's shoulders, your mom was the one giving you the comfort and patiently listening to all your heartburns and grumbling.
* Just remember the innumerable times you wanted a fresh new set of designer clothes and your mother dug out her pocket money to fulfill your wish.
* The food world in which you gorged ever since you were a child and grew up on, was cooked day in and day out by your beloved mother. Just think of the hundreds of incredible dishes she prepared for you, the tasty lunchboxes she fixed for you, the cakes she baked, the snacks, the cups of tea and delicious suppers. It surely makes your mouth water even now.
* Your mother is always there for you through every thick-and-thin of your life. She is the person you can depend upon to stand by you anytime you need her.
* Remember all those difficult undecided moments of life and you needed someone who could make you see reason and pour some worldly-wise advice in your ears. It was surely your mother who lent you patient ears and then pulled you out of the mess in your life.
* Think about the tons of love she professes for you everyday through all her acts, big and small. It can't even be measured. It can only be felt.
What your mother does for you is absolutely beyond assessment but when the enormity of her love and sacrifice is felt you realize that surely your mom deserves a special treat this Mother's Day. It would only be a small way to show your gratefulness to her.
Nicest Things You Can Do To Treat Your Mom
From a survey that was conducted a couple of years ago, a few nice things that you can do to treat your mom has been listed.
* I found out that my mother's favorite singing star is Neil Diamond. So I somehow procured two concert tickets that too in the front row, with the help of my uncle and took my mom to hear the famous person sing.
-Christina
* I have noticed quite a few times my mother lamenting on the fact that she does not have any pictures of her parents in the house. They had died years ago. So I contacted my mother's relatives and finally got a copy from Aunt Hilda. I took pains in restoring the picture mounted it up on a beautiful ornamental framework and kept it in my mother's room. This made her exceptionally happy.
-Rose
* My Mom was very sick and had only three to four months to live. I was too young to marry then. But then it was her last wish. So I went ahead and got married and she got to see her grandchild, my daughter, before she died. This was the nicest thing I could do for my mom.
-Amy
* I had two brothers and one sister. We were all married and settled at the far off corners. Mother's Day was approaching and we heard my mom was sick and was in bed for a week or more. So I made all the plans and arrangements and gave her the most pleasant surprise on the Mother's Day. We just dropped in to be with her for a couple of days. She cried for ages for it had been quite long that she got to see all her children together around her absolutely doting over her and pampering her.
-Susan
* A long time ago my parents had gone for a vacation and I did a splendid thing. My mother thinks of it fondly even today, even after so many years. I had the whole kitchen painted in nice bright colors and had it decorated beautifully.
-Cecelia
Be thoughtful for your mom always and treat your mother like a princess everyday. That can be the most wonderful gift to your mom.
* Rosa Parks was the mother of bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama that launched the Civil Rights Movement.
* Mother Shipton was a Prophetess in Britain 500 years ago. She could see the future, and predicted that another Queen Elizabeth would sit on the throne of England. (QE II)
* Mother's Day is now celebrated in many countries around the world. Australia, Mexico, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Belgium, Russia, China, Thailand, all have special celebrations to honor Mothers, but not in the same way or on the same day as the United States.
* Eve is credited with being the "Mother of All the Living", in the Bible,
* Mother Goose is one of the most popular of all children's entertainers. Her books and stories have been loved for many generations.
* Mother Earth is also known as "Terra Firma". That title is a Latin translation of some lines from one of the Greek poet, Homer's, greatest
* 52 % of the words for mother in the material have ma/me/mo or na/ne/no in the root syllable poems.
'Mother' In Different Languages
God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers- Jewish Proverb Here, we have compiled the popular usage of 'mother' in different languages!
French - Mere
German - Mutter
Hindi - Maji
Urdu - Ammee
English - Mom, Mummy, Mother
Italian - Madre
Portuguese - Mãe
Albanian - Mëmë; Nënë; Burim; Kryemurgeshë
Belarusan - Matka
Cebuano - Inahan; Nanay
Serbian - Majka
Czech - Abatyse
Dutch - Moeder; Moer
Estonian - Ema
Frisian - Emo, Emä, Kantaäiti, Äiti
Greek - Màna
Hawaiian - Makuahine
Hungarian - Anya, Fu
Ilongo - Iloy; Nanay; Nay
Indonesian - Induk, Ibu, Biang, Nyokap
The history of Mother's Day is centuries old and goes back to the times of ancient Greeks, who held festivities to honor Rhea, the mother of the gods. The early Christians celebrated the Mother's festival on the fourth Sunday of Lent to honor Mary, the mother of Christ. Interestingly, later on a religious order stretched the holiday to include all mothers, and named it as the Mothering Sunday. The English colonists settled in America discontinued the tradition of Mothering Sunday because of lack of time. In 1872 Julia Ward Howe organized a day for mothers dedicated to peace. It is a landmark in the history of Mother's Day.
In 1907, Anna M. Jarvis (1864-1948), a Philadelphia schoolteacher, began a movement to set up a national Mother's Day in honor of her mother, Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis. She solicited the help of hundreds of legislators and prominent businessmen to create a special day to honor mothers. The first Mother's Day observance was a church service honoring Anna's mother. Anna handed out her mother's favorite flowers, the white incarnations, on the occasion as they represent sweetness, purity, and patience. Anna's hard work finally paid off in the year 1914, when President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the second Sunday in May as a national holiday in honor of mothers.
Slowly and gradually the Mother's day became very popular and gift giving activity increased. All this commercialization of the Mother's day infuriated Anna as she believed that the day's sentiment was being sacrificed at the expense of greed and profit.
Regardless of Jarvis's worries, Mother's Day has flourished in the United States. Actually, the second Sunday of May has become the most popular day of the year. Although Anna may not be with us but the Mother's day lives on and has spread to various countries of the world. Many countries throughout the world celebrate Mother's Day at various times during the year, but some such as Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium also celebrate Mother's Day on the second Sunday of May.
Mothering Sunday
The early Christians in England celebrated the Mother's festival on the fourth Sunday of Lent (the 40 day period leading up to Easter) to honor Mary, the mother of Christ. Interestingly, later on a religious order stretched the holiday to include all mothers, and named it as the Mothering Sunday. People working out of their homes were expected to return to the "mother" church (the spiritual power that gave them life and protected them from harm). It also became an occasion for family reunions. Besides attending church services in honor of the Virgin Mary, children (particularly those working as domestic servants, or as trainees, being given the day off to visit their mother and family) used to come back home with gifts, flowers, and unique Mothering Day cakes and spend the day with their mothers. Today, the Mother's Day is a day when children give presents, flowers, and home made cards to their mothers to express their love.
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