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Thoughts About Mothers…
QUOTATIONS

"All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother." -- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life." -- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

"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 (1732-1799)

"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

"Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)

"God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers." -- Jewish proverb

"Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother." -- Lin Yutang

"The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness." -- Honore' de Balzac (1799-1850)

"The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother." --Author Unknown

"In all my efforts to learn to read, my mother shared fully my ambition and sympathized with me and aided me in every way she could. If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother."-- Booker T. Washington

"Woman knows what man has long forgotten, that the ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family." -- Clare Boothe Luce

FUNNIER QUOTES

PAUL REVERE'S MOTHER: "I don't care where you think you have to go, young man. Midnight is past your curfew!"

MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY'S MOTHER: "I don't mind you having a garden, Mary, but does it have to be growing under your bed?"

MONA LISA'S MOTHER: "After all that money your father and I spent on braces, Mona, that's the biggest smile you can give us?"

HUMPTY DUMPTY'S MOTHER: "Humpty, if I've told you once, I've told you a hundred times not to sit on that wall. But would you listen to me? Noooo!"

COLUMBUS' MOTHER: "I don't care what you've discovered, Christopher. You still could have written!"

BABE RUTH'S MOTHER: "Babe, how many times have I told you to quit playing ball in the house! That's the third broken window this week!"

MICHELANGELO'S MOTHER: "Mike, can't you paint on walls like other children? Do you have any idea how hard it is to get that stuff off the ceiling?"

NAPOLEON'S MOTHER: "All right, Napoleon. If you aren't hiding your report card inside your jacket, then take your hand out of there and prove it!"

CUSTER'S MOTHER: "Now, George, remember what I told you - don't go biting off more than you can chew!"

ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S MOTHER: "Again with the stovepipe hat, Abe? Can't youjust wear a baseball cap like the other kids?"

BARNEY'S MOTHER: "I realize strained plums are your favorite, Barney, but you're starting to look a little purple."

MARY'S MOTHER: "I'm not upset that your lamb followed you to school, Mary,but I would like to know how he got a better grade than you."

BATMAN'S MOTHER: "It's a nice car, Bruce, but do you realize how much the insurance is going to be?"

GOLDILOCKS' MOTHER: "I've got a bill here for a busted chair from the Bear family. You know anything about this, Goldie?"

LITTLE MISS MUFFET'S MOTHER: "Well, all I've got to say is if you don't get off your tuffet and start cleaning your room, there'll be a lot more spiders around here!"

ALBERT EINSTEIN'S MOTHER: "But, Albert, it's your senior picture. Can't you do something about your hair? Styling gel, mousse, something...?"

GEORGE WASHINGTON'S MOTHER: "The next time I catch you throwing money across the Potomac, you can kiss your allowance good-bye!"

JONAH'S MOTHER: "That's a nice story, but now tell me where you've really been for the last three days."

SUPERMAN'S MOTHER: "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 MOTHER: "Of course I'm proud that you invented the electric light bulb, Thomas. Now turn off that light and get to bed!"

Felicity,

Your son did a great job with his song!

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Originally Posted by Felicity (Post 112099)

When we had decided it was the will of God to pack up and move all the way across the country I was grieving at the thought of leaving my children and grandchildren behind. I didn't know how I was going to do that -- to go to a brand new area so far away where I knew hardly a soul and all my family thousands of miles away.

But you see, God had a plan unbeknowns to me! And next thing I knew the church had decided to hire my oldest son as Music Pastor/Youth Pastor and so he's been working with us ever since we came. And what a blessing he is to us all here! I was so thankful to have he and my wonderful daughter in law and my grandchildren to travel along with us all across Canada and move to the Vancouver area.

Less than a year later my other son and daughter arrived on the scene meaning that I had all of my kids here! What a blessing! God never ceases to amaze me and He always more than makes up for any sacrifice we make in serving Him.

Tomorrow my daughter and son in law and family and grandkids are taking me to a nice restaurant downtown Vancouver. Then we're going to Stanley Park afterward I believe. We'll all have a great time.

I was in tears an hour or so ago when I opened an email from my son and the following note........

Hey Mom,

I put this song together for you for mother's day. I didn't write it all but did change some things to make it fit. I hope you enjoy it and that you know that I love you very much and really am so thankful that I have you in my life!

Happy Mother's Day!

Tony

Here's the song .... sung and played by him ..... so you can hear it too and cry along with me. :sad *sniff*

Click here...... "I Love You Mom"

He couldn't have given me any better gift! :)

Felicity,

You have a great day with your family. You deserve the best!

chosen

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Originally Posted by tamor (Post 112000)

I've been thinking about Mother's Day and what I would write since I first saw this thread.

Mother's Day will definitely take on a new meaning this year as I get to say Happy Mother's Day at least one more time. I know none of us are promised tomorrow, but when I sat with my mom in the doctor's office last August and listened to the doctor say the word cancer, it was too much too soon. I lost my older sister to cancer four years ago, my daddy to cancer just 13 months later - and he had only known he had the disease for six weeks, and as we sat there, praying for the best but fearing the worst, I thought, "Oh no. Please Lord, not again."

But God is a great and marvelous God. My mom has gone through her chemo with the strongest drugs because she has inflammatory breast cancer. She just finished her last treatment yesterday and we go to the surgeon Tuesday to find out how the mass looks now and set up surgery. And my mom has handled it all wonderfully. I look at her often and think, who are you and what have you done with my mother? She is negative by nature, but has kept a very upbeat and positive attitude through the whole ordeal. She wants to live and not die. As I said, God has given me at least one more Mother's Day to honor my mom and I for one am thankful.

I'm going to go to church with her tomorrow-the Baptist Church that I grew up in, and I am going to be proud to be sitting there with my mother.

I love you, Mom.

I know this Mother's Day will be one to remember....enjoy!

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Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea (Post 112104)

In the last year and a half ... I've only scratched the surface in understanding what my Mom has done for me .... My debt is unpayable.

I love you Mom.

Dan,

You are a thoughtful son and I pray that the Lord will be with you this day and strenghten you on your journey.

chosen

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Originally Posted by rgcraig (Post 112204)

Felicity,

Your son did a great job with his song!

I'm sitting here listening to it again........crying again! :sad

He honestly couldn't have given me a better gift. He's always so busy and bit of a perfectionist so the fact he would take time to do this for me means so much.

I think he just recorded that at home on a keyboard he has there. He'd have a fit probably if he knew I'd posted that link on a forum. LOL. He'll never know. ;) :)

He also sent me this beautiful Ecard. *sniff*

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Originally Posted by chosenbyone (Post 112207)

Felicity,

You have a great day with your family. You deserve the best!

chosen

Thank you sir! I'm so thankful for my family. To think that I could be living so far from home with all my kids on the east coast and me on the west ..... but God has been so good to me and blessed me so much. I'm just so thankful.

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Originally Posted by Felicity (Post 112234)

My goodness...Tony has made me cry!! It speaks much about the man and is a testiment to the mom...God bless you both...

All the tears and beautiful thoughts and this is what my daughter sent me. Be sure to click on the flowers on each side.

http://www.hallmark.com/ECardWeb/ECV...9Y&product_id=