# An early Mothers' Day tribute **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 17, 2001, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-mothers-day-tribute/62294 "2001-04-17T14:51:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-mothers-day-tribute/62294/1 "2001-04-17T14:51:48Z")
Just thought I’d pass this along… This is for all the mothers who froze their buns off on metal bleachers at football games Friday night instead of watching from cars, so that when their kids asked, “Did you see me?” they could say, “Of course, I wouldn’t have missed it for the world,” and mean it. --------------------- This is for all the mothers who have sat up all night with sick toddlers in their arms, wiping up barf laced with Oscar Mayer wieners and cherry Kool-Aid saying, “It’s OK honey, Mommy’s here.” -------------------------- This is for all the mothers of Kosovo who fled in the night and can’t find their children. This is for the mothers who gave birth to babies they’ll never see. And the mothers who took those babies and gave them homes. For all the mothers of the victims of the Colorado shooting, and the mothers of the murderers. For the mothers of the survivors, and the mothers who sat in front of their TVs in horror, hugging their child who just came home from school, safely. -------------------------- For all the mothers who run carpools and make cookies and sew Halloween costumes. And all the mothers who DON’T. --------------------- What makes a good Mother anyway? Is it patience? Compassion? Broad hips? The ability to nurse a baby, cook dinner, and sew a button on a shirt, all at the same time? Or is it heart? Is it the ache you feel when you watch your son or daughter disappear down the street, walking to school alone for the very first time? The jolt that takes you from sleep to dread, from bed to crib at 2 a.m. to put your hand on the back of a sleeping baby? The need to flee from wherever you are and hug your child when you hear news of a school shooting, a fire, a car accident, a baby dying? -------------------------- So this is for all the mothers who sat down with their children and explained all about making babies. And for all the mothers who wanted to but just couldn’t. ------------------------ This is for reading “Goodnight, Moon” twice a night for a year. And then reading it again. “Just one more time.” This is for all the mothers Who yell at their kids in the grocery store and swat them in despair and stomp their feet like a tired 2-year old who wants ice cream before dinner. -------------------- This is for all the mothers who taught their children to tie their shoelaces before they started school.And for all the mothers who opted for Velcro instead. ------------------- For all the mothers who bite their lips sometimes until they bleed when their 14 year olds dye their hair green. Who lock themselves in the bathroom when babies keep crying and won’t stop. This is for all the mothers who show up at work with spit-up in their hair and milk stains on their blouses and diapers in their purse. ------------------------ This is for all the mothers who teach their sons to cook and their daughters to sink a jump shot. This is for all mothers whose heads turn automatically when a little voice calls “Mom?” in a crowd, even though they know their own offspring are at home. --------------------- This is for mothers who put pinwheels and teddy bears on their children’s graves. This is for mothers whose children have gone astray, who can’t find the words to reach them. This is for all the mothers who sent their sons to school with stomach aches, assuring them they’d be just FINE once they got there, only to get calls from the school nurse an hour later asking them to please pick them up, Right away. ----------------------- This is for young mothers stumbling through diaper changes and sleep deprivation. And mature mothers learning to let go.For working mothers and stay-at-home mothers. Single mothers and married mothers. Mothers with money, mothers without. -------------------------- This is for you all. So hang in there. Please pass along to all the moms in your life. “Home is what catches you when you fall - and we all fall.” --------------------------- HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO ALL OF YOU! ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-mothers-day-tribute/62294/2 "2001-04-17T15:17:55Z")
\ {{{{{{{{{{VB}}}}}}}}}} {{{{{{{{{{all Moms everywhere}}}}}}}}}} [sup]_Miss you, Mom_[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-mothers-day-tribute/62294/3 "2001-04-17T16:15:52Z")
This mother, who is wiping a tear away, thanks you. I’m going to go call my mother now. Thanks, **VB**. ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-mothers-day-tribute/62294/4 "2001-04-17T17:45:46Z")
It is a bit early, but thank you **VB**. Just thought I’d add a song that I remember that fits well: **Faith of Our Mothers** \*Faith of our mothers, living still In cradle song and bedtime prayer; In nursery lore and fireside love, Thy presence still pervades the air: Faith of our mothers, living faith! We will be true to thee to death. Faith of our mothers, loving faith, Fount of our childhood’s trust and grace, Oh, may thy consercration prove Source of a finer, nobler race: Faith of our mothers, living faith, We will be true to thee till death. Faith of our mothers, guiding faith, For youthful longing, youthful doubt, How blurred our vision, blind our way, Thy providential care without: Faith of our mothers, guiding faith, We will be true to thee till death.\* I love my mama. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-mothers-day-tribute/62294/5 "2001-04-17T17:50:48Z")
It is a bit early, but thank you **VB**. Just thought I’d add a song that I remember that fits well: **Faith of Our Mothers** \*Faith of our mothers, living still In cradle song and bedtime prayer; In nursery lore and fireside love, Thy presence still pervades the air: Faith of our mothers, living faith! We will be true to thee to death. Faith of our mothers, loving faith, Fount of our childhood’s trust and grace, Oh, may thy consercration prove Source of a finer, nobler race: Faith of our mothers, living faith, We will be true to thee till death. Faith of our mothers, guiding faith, For youthful longing, youthful doubt, How blurred our vision, blind our way, Thy providential care without: Faith of our mothers, guiding faith, We will be true to thee till death.\* I love my mama. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Girlbysea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Girlbysea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlbysea)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2001, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-mothers-day-tribute/62294/6 "2001-04-17T22:41:04Z")
PB, pass the tissue… VB, that was beautiful. I thank you for the sweet words. I hope on Father’s Day you receive the same honor. You deserve it my friend…