Somebody Wishes You a Happy Mother's Day

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.

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Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by instinct ... somebody never took a three-year-old shopping.

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Somebody said being a mother is boring .... somebody never rode in a car driven by a teenager with a driver's permit.

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

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Somebody said you don't need an education to be a mother.... somebody never helped a fourth grader with his math.

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Somebody said you can't love the second child as much as you love the first .... somebody doesn't have two children.

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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.'

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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.

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Somebody said a mother's job is done when her last child leaves home....
somebody never had grandchildren.

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Somebody said your mother knows you love her, so you don't need to tell her.... somebody isn't a mother.

Many thanks to all the mothers who help me be a mother every day, especially our two grandmas (the best we could ever ask for).