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My husband's father used to tease him when he would ask how come there's no Children's Day. "Every day is Children's Day," he'd say.
I wonder what he would say if he knew that I believe every day is Mother's Day.
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This is not just because I have three wondrous children who lay out life's rich pageant for me every day.
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It is because of what and who motherhood has made me. It is because of the lessons in selflessness, tolerance, patience and boundless love that motherhood has taught me. It is because, in learning to interact with the people I cherish most in the world, I have become a better person in every area of my life, every day of my life. Through them and with them, on the pottery wheel of motherhood, my misshapen soul has been molded into an expression of life I might otherwise not have known.
Happy Mother's Day to me. And Happy Children's Day to Chris, Emily and Benjie.
It is, after all, their day, too. ~
