What Is Your Mother To You?

A teacher gave her class of second graders a lesson on the magnet and what it does. The next day in a written test, she included this question: “My full name has six letters. The first one is ‘M’. I pick up things. What am I?”

When the test papers were turned in, the teacher was astonished to find that almost 50 percent of the students answered the question with the word “Mother.”

Sad, isn’t it, that children think their mothers are there for picking up things?  What is your perception of mothers?  Are they nothing more than a maid doing household chores without pay?  Are they just baby sitters?  A nanny perhaps? 

But thankfully there are others who have a different perspective.  Consider what George Washington said about her mother:

“My Mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. I attribute all my success in my life to the moral, intellectual, and physical education I received from her.” 

Abraham Lincoln said: “All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother”.   

Renita Weems said: “I cannot forget my mother.  She is my bridge.  When I needed to get across, she steadied herself long enough for me to run across safely.  

And George Herbert added: “One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters”.  

Do mothers really work for free?  Consider what Mildred B. Vermont said:

“Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs in my field, since the payment is pure love”.  

Think about it. What is your mother to you? What are you to your mother?