Let Us Remember the Mothers

Let us remember the mothers of small children. May they get some sleep.

Let us remember the mothers who carpool. May they know when to tune in and tune out.

Let us remember the mothers of teenagers. May they have the patience, wisdom, forbearance, and humor that each day requires.

Let us remember the mothers of grown children. May they take pleasure in the work they have done, and if they are blessed with grandchildren, may they delight a lot and spoil a little.

Let us remember those who are about to have children. May this journey bring them great joy.

Let us remember the mothers who have adopted a child. May each be a blessing to the other.

Let us remember the women who have no children, for how could mothers do without their friendship?

Let us remember the mothers who have lost a child and the children that have lost a mother. May we offer them our deepest sympathy for this forever grief.

Let us remember the mothers whose children are not as other children. May they remember that “what is essential is invisible to the eye. It is only with the heart that one sees rightly.”

Let us remember the grandmothers and great-grandmothers. May their gift of love traverse the generations.