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 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 they live 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 their 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
of Paris that comes with directions, a mold and a guarantee.

Somebody said being a mother is what you do in your spare
time... somebody doesn't know that 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 fifth child as much as
you love the first... somebody doesn't have five children.

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

Somebody said the hardest part of being a mother is labor
and delivery... somebody never watched her "baby" get on
the bus for the first day of kindergarten.

Somebody said a mother can 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
gets married... 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... somebody never had grandchildren.

Somebody said being a mother is a side dish on the plate of
life... 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.

~ Unknown ~