THOUGHTS ON MOTHERHOOD

Somebody said your mother knows you love her, so you don’t need to tell her… that somebody isn’t a mother.

Somebody said if you’re a “good” mother, your child will “turn out good”… that somebody thinks a child comes with directions and a guarantee.

Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by instinct… that somebody never took a three-year-old shopping.

Somebody said being a mother is boring…that somebody never rode in a car driven by a teenager with a driver’s permit.

Somebody said a mother can find all the answers to her child-rearing questions in the books… that somebody never had a child stuff beans up his nose or in his ears.

Somebody said the hardest part of being a mother is labor and delivery… that somebody never watched her “baby” get on the bus for the first day of kindergarten… or on a plane headed for military “boot camp.”

Somebody said a mother’s job is done when her last child leaves home… that somebody never had grandchildren.