**Happy MOTHER'S DAY!**

NaughtybyNature

**Happy MOTHER'S DAY!**

NaughtybyNature

To me it does not matter if you are a mother to your children,

a mother to be,

a mother of pets,

or even a "mother" to your significant other....

Once a Mother... always a Mother....

Hope your day is beautiful and happy.

"Before I was a Mom

I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.

I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.

I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom -

I had never been puked on.

Pooped on.

Chewed on.

Peed on.

I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.

I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom

I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests.

Or give shots.

I never looked into teary eyes and cried.

I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.

I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom

I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put him down.

I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.

I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.

I never knew that I could love someone so much.

I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom -

I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.

I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.

I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.

I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom -

I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.

I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache,

the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom.

Send this to someone who you think is a special Mom.

I just did!"

RIV54

How very thoughtful of you. Its all so very true. It makes me think of when my children were babies. Now they have babies of their own. What a warm and fuzzy feeling. Thank you and Happy Mothers' Day to you.

iodine

Just lovely---Happy Mother's Day to us, one and all.  And to our mothers, where ever they are.

LorenaB

Thanks for sharing this, Lilia -- and the same to you!

I just had my last chemo tx (YAY!) and will be spending Mother's Day weekend with my mom, my sister and my son.  (And my dad, too.)  I'm still feeling pretty icky but it's nice to have family around.

Happy Mother's Day to all!!!

Lauren

Paulette531

Great thread...Happy Mpther's Day...and I concur with Iodine, and too our Mothers wherever they are!

miamimama

Mother's Day takes on a new and special significance to grandmothers.  When I look at what wonderful parents my kids are, I think that I must have done something right.

My mom passed away two years ago, just before I was diagnosed.  She was diagnosed with BC in 1970 when she was 52 and had a bilateral mast.  She lived another 36 years and did not die of BC.  I hope we can all have such long lives free of BC.