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Floridaboiler
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Location: Jacksonville, Florida
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 Posted: 05/11/03 - 13:58 Post subject: For all the Riff Raff Moms and those of you lucky enough...
to still have your mom's around. Sorry I didn't clean up all the extra characters but I wanted to get this posted before I leave for the afternoon.
Eric
> > Good lesson for all of us before it's too late!
> >
> > After 21 years of marriage, I discovered a new way of keeping alive the
> > spark of love. A little while ago I had started to go out with another
> > woman. It was really my wife's idea.
> >
> > "I know that you love her," she said one day, taking me by surprise.
> >
> > "But I love YOU," I protested. "I know, but you also love her."
> >
> > 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 pass some time with you," I
> > responded. "Just the two of us."
> >
> > She thought about it for a moment, 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 entrees, 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 others 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 was almost sure
>that
> > I couldn't be there but, never-the-less, 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."
> >
> > 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 God and your family. Give them the time they
>deserve,
> > because these things cannot be put off till "some other time".
> >
> > 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 his 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 seven 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.
> >
> > Pass this along to all the "mothers" in your life.
> >
> >
>
>
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airehead
Oompa Loofah
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Posted: 05/11/03 - 15:31 Post subject:
Yep, just this week I read an article on how little I was worth to the financial wizards of wall street because I stayed at home. They said that our value was below 30k a year because we are not "educated" in the fields that we spend all our time doing (doctoring, nursing, policing, ministering, art directors, chauffers, yadda, yadda)
Sometimes, you just don't do it for the money.
Thanks, FB.
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