HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

[Guest guest]

Dear Butch,

Thank you for the beautiful story below. This is my first Mother's Day

without my mom and my son had to go back to school (Naval Academy) at 6:30

this morning so I have been a little down all day but your story has helped

greatly. By the way our son is now a Firstie/Senior and will spend the

summer learning to fly and then 4 weeks at the Marine Camp of Quanico. He

thinks that he wants to be a Marine.

I'm so happy for you and your family. May your days be filled with

love, good health, laughter, joy, and prosperity.

Take care.

Rhavda Emison

Texas

 

Original Message:

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Butch Owen butchbsi

Sun, 14 May 2006 20:53:27 -0700

 

Happy Mother's Day

 

 

The young mother set her foot on the path of life. She asked, " Is this

the long way? "

 

And the elder said: " Yes, and the way is hard. And you will be old

before you reach the end of it. But the end will be better than the

beginning. "

 

 

 

 

And the days went on, and the weeks and the months and the years, and

the mother grew old and she was little and bent. But her children were

tall and strong, and walked with courage. And when the way was rough,

they lifted her, for she was as light as a feather; and at last they

came to a hill, and beyond they could see a shining road and a beautiful

land. And mother said: " I have reached the end of my journey. And now

I know the end is better than the beginning, for my children can walk

alone, and their children after them. "

 

And the children said, " You will always walk with us, Mother, even when

you have gone on your journey to the sky. " And they stood and watched

her as she went on alone, and she walked out of sight. And they said:

" We cannot see her, but she is with us still. A Mother like ours is

more than a memory. She is a living presence. "

 

Your Mother is always with you. She's the whisper of the leaves as you

walk down the street, she's the smell of bleach in your freshly

laundered clothes she's the cool hand on your brow when you're not well.

 

Your Mother lives inside your laughter. And she's crystallized in every

tear drop. She's the place you came from, your first home; and she's

the map you follow with every step you take.

 

She's your first love and your first heartbreak, and nothing on earth

can separate you. Not time, not space ... not even death!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi Butch,

 

Such a nice story.

 

Thanks as always Nancy

 

 

Happy Mother's Day

 

 

The young mother set her foot on the path of life. She asked,

" Is this the long way? "

 

And the elder said: " Yes, and the way is hard. And you will

be old before you reach the end of it. But the end will be

better than the beginning. "

 

But the young mother was happy, and she would not believe that

anything could be better than these years. So she played with

her children, and gathered flowers for them along the way, and

bathed them in the clear streams; and the sun shone on them,

and the young Mother cried,

" Nothing will ever be lovelier than this. "

 

Then the night came, and the storm, and the path was dark, and

the children shook with fear and cold, and the mother drew them

close and covered them with her mantle, and the children said,

" Mother, we are not afraid, for you are near, and no harm can

come. "

 

And the morning came, and there was a hill ahead, and the

children climbed and grew weary, and the mother was weary.

But at all times she said to the children,

" A little patience and we are there. " So the children climbed

and when they reached the top, they said, " Mother, we

would not have done it without you. "

 

And the mother, when she lay down at night looked up at the

stars and said, " This is a better day than the last, for my

children have learned fortitude in the face of hardness.

Yesterday I gave them courage.

Today, I have given them strength. "

 

And with the next day came strange clouds which darkened the

earth, clouds of war and hate and evil, and the children groped

and stumbled, and the mother said: " Look up.

Lift your eyes to the light. " And the children looked and saw

above the clouds an everlasting glory of stars, and they guided

them beyond the darkness. And that night the Mother

said, " This is the best day of all, for I have shown my children

the Great Spirit. "

 

And the days went on, and the weeks and the months and the years,

and the mother grew old and she was little and bent. But her

children were tall and strong, and walked with courage. And when

the way was rough, they lifted her, for she was as light as a feather;

and at last they came to a hill, and beyond they could see a shining

road and a beautiful land. And mother said: " I have reached the end

of my journey. And now I know the end is better than the beginning,

for my children can walk alone, and their children after them. "

 

And the children said, " You will always walk with us, Mother,

even when you have gone on your journey to the sky. " And they

stood and watched her as she went on alone, and she walked out

of sight. And they said:

" We cannot see her, but she is with us still.

A Mother like ours is more than a memory.

She is a living presence. "

 

Your Mother is always with you. She's the whisper of the leaves

as you walk down the street, she's the smell of bleach in your

freshly laundered clothes she's the cool hand on your brow when

you're not well.

 

Your Mother lives inside your laughter. And she's crystallized

in every tear drop. She's the place you came from, your first home;

and she's the map you follow with every step you take.

 

She's your first love and your first heartbreak, and nothing on

earth can separate you. Not time, not space ... not even death!

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOTHER'S ON HERE. WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY

ONE TOO.

[Guest guest]

 

 

 

thank you!

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Carol Bommersbach

05/12/07 21:33:39

 

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

 

 

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOTHER'S ON HERE. WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY ONE TOO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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