Somebody
Said....

Somebody said a mother
is an unskilled laborer...... somebody never gave a squirmy infant a bath.
Somebody said it takes
about six weeks to get back to normal after you've had a baby...... somebody
doesn't know that once you're a mother "normal" is now history.

Somebody said a
mother's job consists of wiping noses and changing diapers...... somebody
doesn't know that a child is much more than the shell he lives in.
Somebody said you learn
how to be a mother by instinct...... somebody never took a three-year old
shopping.

Somebody said being a
mother is boring...... somebody never rode in a car driven by a teenager with a
driver's permit.
Somebody said teachers,
psychologists and pediatricians know more about children than mothers......
somebody hasn't invested her heart in another human being.

Somebody said if you're
a "good" mother, your child will "turn out"...... somebody
thinks a child is like a bag of plaster tht comes with directions, mold &
guarantee.
Somebody said being a
mother is what you do in your spare time...... somebody doesn't know when you're
a mother, you're a mother ALL the time.

Somebody said
"good" mothers never raise their voices...... somebody never came out
the back door just in time to see her child wind up and hit a golf ball through
the neighbor's kitchen window.
Somebody said you
don't need an education to be a mother...... somebody never helped a
fourth grader with his math

Somebody said you can't
love the 5th child as much as you love the first...... somebody doesn't
have five children.
Somebody said a mother
can find the answers to her child-rearing questions in the books...... somebody
never had a child stuff beans up his nose.

Somebody said the
hardest part of being a mother is labor and deliver...... somebody has never
watched her "baby" get on a bus for the first day of kindergarten.
Somebody said a mother
cad do her job with her eyes closed and one hand tied behind her
back......somebody never organized seven giggling Brownies to sell cookies.

Somebody said a mother
can stop worrying after her child get married......
somebody doesn't know
that marriage adds a nnew son-in-law or daughter-in-law to a mother's
heartstrings.
Somebody say a mother's
job is done when her last child leaves home......somebody never had
grandchildren.

Somebody said being a
mother is a side dish on the plate of live...... somebody doesn't know what
fills you up.
Somebody said your
mother knows you love her, so you don't need to tell her...... somebody isn't a
mother.

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