{"id":8866,"date":"2022-05-06T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=8866"},"modified":"2022-05-02T08:15:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T12:15:02","slug":"only-one-day-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/only-one-day-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Only One Day a Year?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"Only One Day a Year? 5\/6\/22\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=y2g5w-1216439-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=7\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>After dinner on Mother&#8217;s Day a mother was washing the dishes when her teenage daughter wandered into the kitchen.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Horrified to see her mother at the sink, she exclaimed,\u00a0<em><strong>&#8220;Oh, Mom, you shouldn&#8217;t have to do dishes on Mother&#8217;s Day.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mother was touched by this seeming thoughtfulness and was about to take off her apron and give it to her daughter when the daughter added\u2026.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;They&#8217;ll keep till tomorrow.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Mother&#8217;s Day take a moment to think of all the mothers in the world who are in need.&nbsp;There are millions of mothers in the world who are trying to feed their families on less than a dollar a day.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>There are women in our country and our world who are wondering how they are going to take care of their children from day to day.&nbsp; 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