Hey, check out this poem.......it's so touchy.....

Mommy went to Heaven, 
but I need her here today, 
My tummy hurts and I fell down, 
I need her right away. 
Operator can you tell me 
how to find her in this book? 

Is heaven in the yellow part, 
I don't know where to look. 
I think my daddy needs her too, 
at night I hear him cry. 
I hear him call her name sometimes, 
but I really don't know why. 

Maybe if I call her, 
she will hurry home to me. 
Is Heaven very far away, 
is it across the sea? 
She's been gone a long, long time 
she needs to come home now! 
I really need to reach her, 
but I simply don't know how. 
Help me find the number please, 
is it listed under "Heaven"? 
I can't read these big, big words, 
I am only seven. 
I'm sorry operator, 
I didn't mean to make you cry, 
Is your tummy hurting too, 
or is there something in your eye? 

If I call my church maybe they will know. 
Mommy said when we need help, 
that's where we should go. 
I found the number to my church 
tacked up on the wall. 
Thank you operator, 
I'll give them a call. 

 When you came into the world, she held you in her arms. 
 You thanked her by wailing like a banshee. 
 When you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed you. 
 You thanked her by crying all night long. 
 When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk. 
 You thanked her by running away when she called. 
 When you were 3 years old, she made all your meals with love. 
 You thanked her by tossing your plate on the floor. 
 When you were 4 years old, she gave you some crayons. 
 You thanked her by coloring the dining room table. 
 When you were 5 years old, she dressed you for the holidays. 
 You thanked her by plopping into the nearest pile of mud. 
 When you were 6 years old, she walked you to school. 
 You thanked her by screaming, "I'M NOT GOING!" 
 When you were 7 years old, she bought you a baseball. 
 You thanked her by throwing it through the 
 next-door-neighbor's window. 
 When you were 8 years old, she handed you an ice cream. 
 You thanked her by dripping it all over your lap. 
 When you were 9 years old, she paid for piano lessons. 
 You thanked her by never even bothering to practice. 
 When you were 10 years old, she drove you all day, from 
 soccer to gymnastics to one birthday party after another. 
 You thanked her by jumping out of the car and never looking back. 
 When you were 11 years old, she took you and your friends to the movies. 
 You thanked her by asking to sit in a different row. 
 When you were 12 years old, she warned you not to watch certain TV shows. 
 You thanked her by waiting until she left the house. 

 Those teenage years 
 When you were 13, she suggested a haircut that was becoming. 
 You thanked her by telling her she had no taste. 
 When you were 14, she paid for a month away at summer camp. 
 You thanked her by forgetting to write a single letter. 
 When you were 15, she came home from work, looking for a hug. 
 You thanked her by having your bedroom door locked. 
 When you were 16, she taught you how to driver her car. 
 You thanked her by taking it every chance you could. 
 When you were 17, she was expecting an important call. 
 You thanked her by being on the phone all night. 
 When you were 18, she cried at your high school graduation. 
 You thanked her by staying out partying until dawn. 

 Growing old and gray 
 When you were 19, she paid for your college tuition, 
 drove you to campus, carried your bags. 
 You thanked her by saying good-bye outside the dorm so you wouldn't 
 be embarrassed in front of your friends. 
 When you were 20, she asked whether you were seeing anyone. 
 You thanked her by saying, "It's none of your business." 
 When you were 21, she suggested certain careers for your future. 
 You thanked her by saying, "I don't want to be like you." 
 When you were 22, she hugged you at your college graduation. 
 You thanked her by asking whether she could pay for a trip to Europe. 
 When you were 23, she gave you furniture for your first apartment. 
 You thanked her by telling your friends it was ugly. 
 When you were 24, she met your fiance and asked about your plans for the future. 
 You thanked her by glaring and growling, "Muuhh-ther, please!" 
 When you were 25, she helped to pay for your wedding, and she cried and told 
 you how deeply she loved you. 
 You thanked her by moving halfway across the country. 
 When you were 30, she called with some advice on the baby. 
 You thanked her by telling her, "Things are different now." 
 When you were 40, she called to remind you of an relative's birthday. 
 You thanked her by saying you were "really busy right now." 
 When you were 50, she fell ill and needed you to take care of her. 
 You thanked her by reading about the burden parents become to their children. 


 And then, one day, she quietly died. And everything you never did came 
 crashing down like thunder. 

 "Rock me baby, rock me all night long." 
 "The hand who rocks the cradle...may rock the world". 
 Let us take a moment of the time just to pay tribute/show appreciation to 
 the person called MOM though some may not say it openly to their mother. 
 There's no substitute for her. Cherished every single moment. 
 Though at times she may not be the best of friends, may not agree to our 
 thoughts, she is still your mother!!! 
 She will be there for you...to listen to your woes, your braggings, your 
 frustations, etc. 
 Ask yourself.....have you put aside enough time for her, to listen to her 
 "blues" of working in the kitchen, her tiredness??? 
 Be tactful, loving and still show her due respect though you may have a 
 different view from hers. 
 Once gone, only fond memories of the past and also regrets will be left. 

 **DON'T TAKE FOR GRANTED THE THINGS CLOSEST TO YOUR HEART. CLING TO THEM AS 
 U WOULD YOUR LIFE, FOR WITHOUT THEM, LIFE IS MEANINGLESS* 

Why are you crying, a young boy asked his Mom?

"Because I'm a woman," she told him.

"I don't understand," he said.

His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will, but that's O.K.".......

Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does Mom seem to cry for no reason?".  "All women cry for no reason," was all his Dad could say......

The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.

Finally he put in a call to God and when God got back to him, he asked "God, why do women cry so easily?"

GOD answered......

"When I made woman, I decided she had to be special. I made her shoulders
strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet, made her arms gentle enough to give comfort...

I gave her the inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times will come even from her own children.

I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going and take care of her family and friends, even when everyone else gives up, through sickness and fatigue without complaining....

I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all
circumstances. Even when her child has hurt her badly....

She has the very special power to make a child's boo-boo feel better and
to quell a teenager's anxieties and fears....

I gave her strength to care for her husband, despite faults and I fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart....

I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but
sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him
unfalteringly....

For all of this hard work, I also gave her a tear to shed. It is hers to use
whenever needed and it is her only weakness....

When you see her cry, tell her how much you love her, and all she does for everyone, and even though she may still cry, you will have made her heart feel good.
 

Love your Mother always and keep her smiling