Rosemead Kiwanis Club

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   FAX OF

      LIFE

 

 

The Fax of Life

A weekly inspiration, courtesy of the Kiwanis Club of Scott's Valley

(distributed free by the Kiwanis Club of Rosemead, CA - rosemeadkiwanis.org )

May 23, 2010                                                           Volume 15, Number 30

 

Tribute to Mothers

 

The official "Mother's Day" has come and gone this year, but it's never out of season to think about the constitutions Mom makes to our lives.

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 play dough doesn't come out of carpets.

 

Real Mothers don't want to know what the vacuum just sucked up.

 

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 Mommy to Mom to Mother.

 

The Images of Mother:

 

 4 YEARS OF AGE - My Mommy can do anything!

 

  8 YEARS OF AGE - My Mom knows a lot! A whole lot!

 

12 YEARS OF AGE - My Mother doesn't know everything!

 

14 YEARS OF AGE - My Mother? She wouldn't have a clue.

 

16 YEARS OF AGE - Mother? She's so five minutes ago.

 

18 YEARS OF AGE - That old woman? She's way out of date!

 

25 YEARS OF AGE - Well, she might know a little bit about it!

 

35 YEARS OF AGE - Before we decide, let's get Mom's opinion.

 

45 YEARS OF AGE - Wonder what Mom would have thought about it?

 

65 YEARS OF AGE - Wish I could talk it over with Mom.

 

 

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