Happy Mother's Day 2008!

To all of those mother's out there, I hope you've had a blessed day!

I found a couple of poem's I really enjoyed I thought I'd share. I hope one of them speaks to you as they did me.


Mother's Love

Her love is like an island
In life's ocean, vast and wide
A peaceful, quiet shelter
From the wind, the rain, the tide.
'Tis bound on the north by Hope,
By Patience on the West,
By tender Counsel on the South
And on the East by Rest.
Above it like a beacon light
Shine Faith, and Truth, and Prayer;
And thro' the changing scenes of life
I find a haven there.
- Author Unknown


Real Mothers

Real Mothers don't eat quiche; they don't have time to make it.
Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox.

Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids.

Real Mothers know that dried playdough doesn't come out of shag carpet.

Real Mothers sometimes ask "why me?" and get their answer when a little voice says, "because I love you best."

Real Mothers know that a child's growth is not measured by height or years or grade. . .
It is marked by the progression of Mama to Mommy to Mother.

- Author Unknown.



God's Masterpiece Is Mother

God took the fragrance of a flower...
The majesty of a tree...
The gentleness of morning dew...
The calm of a quiet sea...
The beauty of the twilight hour...
The soul of a starry night...
The laughter of a rippling brook...
The grace of a bird in flight...
Then God fashioned from these things
A creation like no other,
And when his masterpiece was through
He called it simply - Mother.
- Herbert Farnham




Parents' Prayer

O Father, our hearts are filled
with a great happiness.
For you have seen fit
to bless us with a child.
You have sent us one of
your own little angels
to love and protect.
We are aware of the great
responsibility that is ours
and we are humble.
We realize the honor
you have bestowed upon us
and we are grateful.

Great that we may be
ever patient and loving,
living in such a way
as to set a shining example
for our little one.
And as we seek to set
those tiny feet upon the paths
of righteousness, be ever with us.

May our home be a place of love
and harmony where your Spirit
is ever present. And may
our child find you in each
activity of our family life.

Bless us, we pray,
and walk beside us through
all our days together. Amen.

- Norman Vincent Peale


These are the Years

These are the years, the gentle years,
the soft and sentimental years

when wee little fingers
reach and touch
and little eyes gaze
with wonder and trust,
when you love so tenderly
and so so much,

these are the gentle years.

These are the years, the rainbow years,
the quiet, walk-on-tiptoes years,

the years of laughter
and smiles and sighs
when both of you watch
with misty eyes
the tiny bed
where a cherub lies,

these are the rainbow years.

These are the years, the tender years,
the blissful, sweet-surrender years,

when your little treasure
from above
is the soul and purpose
and center of
your plans and dreams
and dearest love,

these are the tender years.

- Barbara Burrow