Once upon a time there was a Mom, who tried her best to be a good Mom and to be fair with all her children.
Her children, like all children, didn’t really appreciate this and were always telling her she did more for one or the other of them than she did for all of them. “You love her (him) more than you do me”, was an oft heard refrain from one or the other.
Though the Mom felt bad about her children’s reaction, she just continued to do the best she could to keep them all satisfied. She encouraged their individual talents, seeing them as God-given gifts that needed her encouragement.
When they reached adulthood and were out on their own, each one doing his or her own thing, she often wondered if she could have done something else to discourage sibling rivalry.
Imagine her surprise one Mother’s Day, when she was well up in years, when each child told a story about a time when she made them feel so loved that they were able to take the necessary steps to succeed in some project. They said that these memories have been a powerful force in their everyday lives and in how they try to parent their children. They ended their storytelling by singing “A Mother’s Love is a Blessing!”
By Fr. Andrew M. Greely Thanks to Andrea Piacquadio for the picture
Think of a time when YOU felt so loved by YOUR mother that YOU succeeded in a project.
HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS TO STAY SILENT WHEN SOMEONE EXPECTS YOU TO BE ENRAGED!
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