Here's to you all..May you have a Very Happy Mother's Day this year!!!

This is for the mothers who have sat upall night with sick toddlers in their arms,wiping up barf, laced with Oscar Mayer wieners and cherry Kool-Aid saying,'It's okay honey, Mommy's here.'

 Who have sat in rocking chairs for hours on end soothing crying babies who can't be comforted

 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. 

For all the mothers who run carpools and make cookies and sew Halloween costumes. And all the mothers who DON'T.

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.

 This is for the mothers whose priceless art collections are hanging on their refrigerator doors.

 And for all the mothers who froze their buns on metal bleachers at football or soccer games instead of watching from the warmth of their cars. 

And that when their kids asked, 'Did you see me, Mom?' they could say, 'Of course, I wouldn'thave missed it for the world,' 

This is for all the mothers who yell at their kids in the grocery store and swat them in despair when they stomp their feet and scream for ice cream before dinner. And for all the mothers who count to ten instead, but realize how child abuse happens.

This is for all the mothers who sat down with their children and explained all about making babies. And for

all the (grand)mothers who wanted to, but just couldn't find the words. 

This is for all the mothers who go hungry, so their children can eat.

 For all the mothers who read 'Goodnight: Moon' twice a night for a year. And then read it again, 'Just one more time.'

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.

This is for all the mothers who teach their sons to cook and their daughters to sink a jump shot. 

This is for every mother whose head turns automatically when a little voice calls 'Mom?'in a crowd, even though they know their own off spring are at home -- or even away at college -- or have their own families.

 This is for all the mothers who

sent their kids 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 mothers whose children have gone astray, who can't find the words to reach them:

For all the mothers who bite their lips until they bleed when their 14 year olds dye their hair green.

 For all the mothers of the victims of recent school shootings, and the mothers of those who did the shooting. 

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. 

This is for all the mothers who

and so our thoughts are for young mothers stumbling through diaper changes and sleep deprivation...And for 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. For all of us... 

Hang in there. In the end we can only do the best we can. Tell them every day that we love them. And never stop being a mother...