Happy Mother's Day!!

A mother is someone wonderful,
She means more through the years.
She loves and shares
and always cares,
She comforts, helps and cheers.

~Author Unknown

My Mother Loves Her
Animals and Me
~by Nicholas Gordon

My mother loves her animals and me;
And, of course, my brother's in there, too.
She shows her love quite unmistakably:
She pets us all, no matter where or who.

I haven't sprouted yet a bushy tail,
Nor has my brother grown a toothy snout;
But I sometimes feel a dog in such detail
I pant and bark and scurry all about.

But I am glad my mother has a love
That cuts across the paths of innocence.
I know that her sweet feelings long will move
Me to appreciate her scents!

M is for the miracle of being.
O is for its origin in love.
T  is for the tenderness of seeing.
H is for a home no wind can move.
E is for the ecstasy of living.
R is for the recklessness of giving.

"Train children how to live right, and when they are old, they will not change."
    ~Proverbs 22:6 KJV

"Always remember these commands I give you today. Teach them to your children, and talk about them when you sit at home and walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Write them down and tie them to your hands as a sign. Tie them on your forehead to remind you, and write them on your doors and gates."
     ~Deuteronomy 6:6-9 KJV

"Correct your children, and you will be proud; they will give you satisfaction. Where there is no word from God, people are uncontrolled, but those who obey what they have been taught are happy."
     ~Proverbs 29:17-18

"Lo, children are a heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward."
    ~Psalms 127:3 KJV

"Honor your father and your mother so that you will live a long time in the land that the Lord your God is going to give you."
     ~Exodus 20:12

"Old people are proud of their grandchildren, and children are proud of their parents. A friend loves you all the time, and a brother helps in time of trouble. A foolish son makes his father sad and causes his mother great sorrow."
     ~ Proverbs 17:6, 17, 25

"The father of a good child is very happy; parents who have wise children are glad because of them. Make your father and mother happy; give your mother a reason to be glad."
     ~Proverbs 23:24-25

"Being respected is more important than having great riches. To be well thought of is better than silver or gold."
     ~Proverbs 22:1

Mother's Day this year is:
Sunday, May 14, 2000

DID YOU KNOW...???

That Mother's Day was first observed in 1907 by Anna Jarvis, who
was from Philadelphia, began a campagin to establish a national Mother's Day. Ms. Jarvis persuaded her mother's church in Grafton,West Virginia, to celebrate Mother's Day on the second anniversary of her mother's death, the 2nd Sunday in May.

Six years later, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the second Sunday in May for public observance of Mother's Day. It is now observed in countries all around the world including England, France, Sweden, Denmark, India, China and Mexico, where the celebration lasts 2 days.

Carnations are the Mother's Day flower. Pink is worn for living mothers and white is worn for the mothers who have passed away. Children honor their mothers on this day with gifts, visits, phone calls and wearing the carnations.