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 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 had to watch while her child ride his first bull.


Somebody said if you're a "good" mother, your child will "turn out good." Somebody thinks a child comes with directions and a guarantee.

Somebody said "good" mothers never raise their voices .....
Somebody never came out the back door just in time to see her child hitting the baseball through the neighbors 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 his nose or in his ears.
 

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.
or on a plane headed for military "boot camp."

Somebody said a mother can do her job with her eyes closed and one hand tied behind her back . somebody never organized four 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 your mother knows you love her, so you don't need to tell her . Somebody isn't a mother.

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Posted by southernbelle

How beautiful this is! Thank you for sharing it. I hope lots of mothers read it.

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Posted by DonnaJoy

Michele -

this is so cute....love all the pictures that go with it - thanks

Donna

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Posted by thatday

And some people say Babies come without an instruction manual, but God has given us the best in His Word.
This is really good. Gotta share with my daughter. She is a mother of 4 - ages 17, 12, 8 and 5.
Thanks, Barb

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Posted by SkippyMom

Thank you for this. I especially like the "children don't come with instructions" and my favorite "Somebody never watched their child in his first bullride" oh the thought! BRAVO to you....I love it!

I am printing it for SkippyHusband b/c he will completely agree and get quite the kick out of it.

Happy Mother's Day!
SkippyMom

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