Mother's Day

Subject: Mother's Day Fri May 11, 2007 3:37 pm

According to my calendar this Sunday is Mothers Day. So happy Mothers day to all the Moms.

And for those of you who may have forgotten to get a gift for your Mom, here is a little mother’s day story you can give to her instead.

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We had this great 10 year old cat named Jack who just recently died.
Jack was a great cat and the kids would carry him around and sit on him and nothing ever bothered him. He used to hang out and nap all day long on this mat in our bathroom.

Well we have 3 kids and at the time of this story they were 4 years old, 3 years old and 1 year old. The middle one is Eli. Eli really loves chapstick. LOVES it. He kept asking to use my chapstick and then losing it. So finally one day I showed him where in the bathroom I keep my chapstick and how he could use it whenever he wanted to but he needed to put it right back in the drawer when he was done.

Last year on Mother's Day, we were having the typical rush around and try to get ready for Church with everyone crying and carrying on. My two boys are fighting over the toy in the cereal box. I am trying to nurse my little one at the same time I am putting on my make-up. Everything is a mess and everyone has long forgotten that this is a wonderful day to honor me and the amazing job that is motherhood.

We finally have the older one and the baby loaded in the car and I am looking for Eli. I have searched everywhere and I finally round the corner to go into the bathroom. And there was Eli. He was applying my chapstick very carefully to Jack's … um … rear end. Eli looked right into my eyes and said "chapped." Now if you have a cat, you know that he is right—their little butts do look pretty chapped. And, frankly, Jack didn’t seem to mind.
And the only question to really ask at that point was whether it was the FIRST time Eli had done that to the cat's behind or the hundredth.

And THAT is my favorite Mother's Day moment ever because it reminds us that no matter how hard we try to civilize these glorious little creatures, there will always be that day when you realize they've been using your chapstick on the cat's rear end.

-Author Unknown

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Subject: Re: Mother's Day Fri May 11, 2007 5:08 pm

Now THAT's funny, I don't care who you are!

I try to just ignore Mother's Day. With us not having children and my mom having deceased 13 years ago this month, Mother's Day just isn't something I really like to think about.

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Subject: Re: Mother's Day Fri May 11, 2007 7:19 pm

I hate to sound like a scrooge, but Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Valentines day.... they all seem like nonesense holidays invented by Hallmark or Brachs candy to sell more garbage nobody needs (or even wants in my case).
If you only think about your loved ones once a year it is a pretty sad state of affairs.

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Subject: Re: Mother's Day Fri May 11, 2007 8:43 pm

I have to agree. We don't really need a special holiday to honor our loved ones. We should be doing it anyway.

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Subject: Re: Mother's Day Mon May 14, 2007 7:50 am

Mother's Day, Father's Day, Valentine's Day are commercial celebrations.
Sometimes an aprreciatie means much more than to remember Mother's- or Father's Day.

I ignore Father's Day.

» HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY!!!