Thank you, Jody and to you, MA, Lindy, Eri.....

A friend sent me this one. I't's been around for a while.

Being A Mother!

Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you’ve had a baby.
That somebody doesn’t know that once you’re a mother, “NORMAL”, is history.

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. (Where I’m at right now. :}

Somebody said you don’t need an education to be a mother.
That somebody never helped a fourth grader with her math.

Somebody said you can’t love your fifth child as much as your first.
That somebody doesn’t have five children.

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 kindergarden.

Somebody said a mother can stop worrying after her child gets married.
That somebody doesn’t know that marriage adds a new son or daughter-in-law to a mother’s heartstrings.

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

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

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I know this also applies to adoptive mothers. Aminals included. :)