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Show Ground the Count -- The Summit County Bcc PageA4 May 9, 2003 JsLotfier s ODuy T'fiovLafits it She nice to nte. She lets me play with my door next neighbors and she lets me have friends over to my house. Dominique Just in time for Mother's Day a few thoughts about mother's. So, sit Brett She lets us do kits of things. She is respectful and nice. down and relax and take time to think about your own mother and your own thoughts on the subject. Madeleine II. I love her and she loves me. Sometimes she jumps on the tramp with me. One time she took me to a wtdrmy favorite hand. Quinn II. rrTie of Mother's :.w?. Do You Know The History Of Mother's Day? Mother's Day was founded by Anna Jarvis m tribute to- - J . . .. . . . TTiVftil Jarvi ly wganiMd Vk Hher's Day program was held at the Andrews Methodist Episcopal She helps me do my homework at night. .We like to go to visit my 1 ,ike 10 in Seven Peaks with her.' Madison II. ' . .VShe helps me do stuff and buys Church in Grafton, Taylor County, West Virginia on May 10, 1908. me'fiesents on my birthday. She Programs were field on That day-th- e takes us swimming. third anniversary of Mrs. Jarvis, Jaxon K. death and launched the observance of a general day of remembering She buys me toys and new shoes. t mothers. Brandon L. A telegram from Anna Jarvis said r ,. . the purpose was to. . . Revive the' ' Because when my grandma sends dormant filial love and gratitude we rme money, mom takes me to my owe to those who gave us birth. To favorite place to buy stuff. create a bond of brotherhood AJ.T. through the wearing of a floral badge. To make m better children by getting u closer to the hearts of Mom cares for me and feeds me. She helps me when I get hurt. She reminds me to do gtxid in school. Sammie (). our good mothers. To have them know we appreciate them, though we do not show it as often as we ought. . . Mother's Day is to remind us of our duty beftire it is loo Idle." The first year of the remembrance, Miss Jarvis sent while carnations to lie given to those in the congregation ol the Andicws Methodist Church staling each one present will he given a while carnation; mothers will be given two in memory of the mothers. They aie given by a loyal loving daughter in honor and sacred memory of a good and faithful mother who woikcd faithfully and earnestly. Evetyonc is asked to wear this (lower. The white carnation is preferred because it may be iliought to typify some of the virtues of mothcrhixid; purity, its lasting qualities, faithfulness; its fragrance, love; its w ide field of growth, charily; its for beauty. Through the years she sent over 10.0CX) carnations as personal gills to the church. Carnations - red for living and white for deceased - are now worn world wide as emblems of the purity, strength and endurance of motherhood. The first Mother's Day proclamation was issued by Governor William E. Glasscock of West Virginia on April 26, 1910. In May 1914, Representative Heflin of Alabama and Senator Sheppard of Texas introduced a joint resolution, at the request of Miss Jarvis, naming the second Sunday in May a Mother's Day and the resolution was passed in both Houses. President Woodrow Wilson approved it, and William Jennings Bryan, Secretary of Slate, proclaimed it. In the . , . . , . . She's nice to me and takes me to Motnmie Daughter night. Savanna I. She helps rne with slulf. She loves me and lakes me to Walmail to buy toys. She Mays with me in the hospital. Riley M. for helping with the task of asking their students to list some thoughts alsout their toothers. My Mom is special because; She helps me do my homework and helps me when I ride horses. Kylie A. She is the best mom ever because she does everything for me. ZachB. She puls me in my nxm to learn lesson. If she didn't I would keep a disobeying. She helps me with my homework. I kive her and she is very special.-- ' ' Jeffrey G. and nice. She buys clothes for us and she keeps an eye on us. laindri I1. Because she reads to me at buys me toys, is helpful to me. She is loved. We always go on a bike ride together. Site demands me to do my chores but when it's Saturday she will pay me monev. I LOVE HER. Ivd-tim- Tyler. My mom takes me eeiy wheie. She let's me go to my fiiends house. I love her. She is so sweet I lose her scry, scry, very, very much. Time I. She takes care of me and she cleans the house and sometimes I help liei. Then my mom buss groceries for me. Sometimes she buys me toys Sometimes it's tun Ivmg a kid I lose my mom. Giirn-l- l ('. oei me and My mom watches helps me rcmemlvt slut I. She is so nice, that's why I lose hei Site lets me go wherevei I uani She gives me 5 dollars. I love hei so much She gives me five tor doing a lot of things. She is the best mom in Crystal I'. She watches my little brother and sister. She works hard cooking and cleaning and helping at the schttol. She takes me to the dollar store and I buy lots of stulf. We go to Kanah and other places like Disneyland and K. Jay She takes care of me and takes me n trips. She pays so I can be on different sports teams. She lets me go places. Portrr S. t Autumn K. She is a good person. She buys me stuff. And she buys me lots of animals and helps me take care of the whole world Ivcause she helps us all and she docs her lvt loi all thieeof Jakiili She helps our family. She fixes a, ' . m, ' homework and piano. Takes me almost anywhere I want. She's fun and funny, and if I don't have someone to play with she plays with me. Every night we snuggle togctlier in our warm IJ's. I love her and I know she loves me too. Mariuh D. She wakes me up every day. Packs my book bag. and when I miss the bus she takes me to school. She helps me if I don't know what to do on my homework. She reads to me every day. ' She buys me all my clothes. Takes me places and cooks me all the food. She is the best mom ever. I love her with all my heart very much forever and ever. AmaaK. - V - ; She gives me a lot of things. My mom loves me. I love my mom. ... Destiny a.. ..lit Because she makes dinner for trot ' , JM J' liadi-Ih'iia- 4.1-1- blessed wiih M.in new a daughter. dilleicni lit lh.it .'.is si.iiy is liei hulh moilier was bill a child l and I doubt it we will see her again. She ved liei child enough to IiikI a Is mie hi liei M.mssa's adopt ion pio, ess is still ongoing. We look to lls completion so that we van legally vail her our own just as we already do emotionally. With Moihci s Day appio, idling. I .('.1111 have uiived ladings ulxiul the il.iy . I am tsiw the inothei of two wondeiliil vhildien I know that hei-sel- . some X'ople look at my laiiuly and The Otlicr Jn lAtt IWvtnin life Alter 21 years of marriage, I discovered a new way of keeping alive the spaik ol luvc A little while ago I had stalled to go nut with anolhet woman. It was really my wife's idea. "I know that you love liei," she said one day, taking me hv surprise. But I love YOH. I ivotcstcd. I know, hut you alsu hive her.'1 The other woman my wile warned me to visit was my moihci, who has heen a widow In 19 ye.us, hut the demands of my woik and my thiee children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally. Dial night I called to invite hei to go out Im dinner and a iii iv ie. What's w i. uig. aie you well." she asked.' My uiothei is the type of woman who suspects that a late night call m a 'in pi isc invitation is a sign o ImJ news. I I bought that it would he pleasant to pass some lime with you." I icspmidcd. Just the two of U'.1' She tin night ahmil it fm a moment, then said I would like that niuvh " the First Lady. After we sal down, I had to read the menu. 1 ler eyes could only read large print. Half way through the entrees, I lifted my eyes and saw mom silting there staring at me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips. It was I who used to have to read the menu when you were small." she said. llkan it is time that you relax and let me return the favor." During the dinner we had an agreeable conversation nothing extraordinary- - hut catching up on recent events of each otliers life. Wc talked so much that we missed the movie. As we arrived at her house laicr. she said Ill go out w ith you again, hut only if you let me invite you." I agreed. "How was your dinner dale?" asked my wife when I got home. Very nice. Much nunc than 1 could have imagined." I answered. A few days later my motliei died of a massive hejn attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn't have a chance to do anything for her. Some lime later I received an envelope with a copy of a lestauiant receipt horn the same pljcc my mother and I had dined. An attached note said; I paid the hill in advance. I wjs almost sure that I couldn't he there hut I paid fm two plaics one lor you and vnui wile. You will never know mnic-ihc-le- what that night meant Aliliy At that moment veiy Ihat I inlay a I lei woik as I diove ovei to pick liei up I was a hit nervous. When I anivcd at liei house. I noticed that she tmi. seemed to lx iici v ous about nut date. She wailed in the ikxii with liei emit on. Slic had F. I. I. I think she is the best mom in the world. She cooks food lor us and site is helpful with a lot of stuff and she's a good friend. She's good at work. Mitchell II. 'riitt An Aifiyithi 'Motfier By Marla Anderson My. husband Gregg and 1 were married in 1987 and made mir home in Hencfcr were I had grown up-child of my parents, Lamar and Marie Richinx. When we were dating we talked about the children wc b IS (ESEMB u FUNDRAISER for J ATI I'Ll IrnTL 1 1 awe I understiNxl the I I.OVE YOU and lo give mil loved ones the time that they deserve Ivcause these things cannot Iv put oil till 'some other lime. Mom is special txvause slic loves me and I love her. She is the Ivst mom in the world. She takes good care of me.!!!! rJlunu)fits me. importance of saying, in time. Because she helps me do things that I can't do. She feeds me meals, gives me stuff I need to survive, gives me ckithes to weai to school, lakes me places and gives me a coat so I don't freeze and helps me with my homewoik. I love hei so much. Hayden Sheridan hi Imi I love my mom. She takes us places and I love her. Devon C. L'v- Oiii lives changed suddenly in 1914 when we weie uppmuched an asked by an unman led woman to adopt hei unborn child. Alter our home we weie able to pay the costs and hung Daniel into oiii lives. The day atlei Daniel was lx un was indcscnhuhlc as Ills biith mother gently handed him over to us. I his heuuiiliil woman is. and always will he. very special to us and we love Ix'ing able to visit with liii and keep in touch. I Love my s:ii wuh all my hcuit. Adopting sinned to lx as nuliiiul a pimcsN as having a baby the l way. However, oil Mother's Day. I suit tad a ie.il empathy lot oihei iluldless women receiving Ill'll ! gill. I ally this yeai.tiiegg and I weie curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversaty. She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an angels. "I told my friends that I was going to go out with my son. and they were impressed." slic said, as she got into the car. "They can't wait to hear about our meeting." We went to a restaurant that, although not elegant. was very nice and cozy. My mother took my arm as if she were If I didn't have my mom it would not he easy to clean up the house. My mom is so helpful. Slv is really good at cooking. She tkvs oiii laundry. vacuums, and takes us places. She does our hair really good and she cares. She is nice to us. I love my mom. She let's us do whatever we want to do because she loves me and to the lx me. sec only adopted children-- 1 look at my family and see two beautiful gifts from fkxl who arc just as much mine as any natural child would be. Maybe even a little more so because we had to wail and have faith that Gixl would provide a family for us in His own time. I grew up with the most wonderful mother in the world. One who gave everything she is and had for her family. I just hope I can be half as good to my children. She is an example to me in how a person should live. I'm greatly blessed to he her daughter and to he able to call her my mom. I am very blessed to be called morn by two of (lie greatest children ever. As for Mother's Day, I can now deal better with this holiday and the things it means. I hope to spend Mother's Day this year simply loving my children and knowing that mother luxxJ is all about loving and maturing, not biology. She almost gives me wluiev ei I want and lakes me to movies. I think my morn is cool She's the best mom I have. I love her so much and I bet she loves me It si, I mostly love being with hei I don't want hei to go anywhere Ay la R. UsaT. f wanted and how perfect things were going to he. While Gregg was finishing up college wc weren't too concerned about having children. However a couple of years and several physician consultations later wc were still childless with no dear reason why. Wc kxikcd at adoption at live time. However it just didn't feel right and on Gregg's school leaching salary the cost of adoption veined very overwhelming. During this lime I would go to chuich on Mother's Day and grit my teeth in frustration while I was given a flower or potted plant as they do for all adult women. I literally grew to hate the day with everything I had in me. I watched as friends were married and had children and wondered what I hud done wrong to deny me those same blevsings. I saw and heard others complain about having kids and how (hey wished tliey never had them and wondered why those children hadn't Ix'cn sent to those that wanted them! It cut me us. them. r. Kayla D. She helps us he healthy. I vs our laundry, makes our dinner, takes care of us and she is very helpful her. She bought me a pretty dicss and long earrings to wear at her Special thanks to some great South Summit Elementary teachers; Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Blaz&rd I My mom is special because she saved my life, brushes my hair, gives me a life time, and when we go to the store she lets me push the cart. She vacuums the house, let's me have a birthday party, lets me spend time with my dad and I lane Her. Kayla G. Kyan II. wedding. . W. She is nice and very, very special like to cuddle up to her and read to I ,, lowed, he ordered that rhe fl,, he displayed on all government build ings in (lie U.S. and foreign possesof sions. Later Mr. Heflin, the resolution said the flag was never used in a more beautiful and sacred cause thnii when flying above that lender, gentle army, the mothers of America. family, does our laundry, cleans the house, buys us our school supplies, and helps us if we need help with something. She helps me with my homework if I get an answer wrong. She helps me with my Flashcards, she helps me understand things that I dont understand, reads with me, buys us ckithes, and helps me with my piano when I get a note wrong. She is very helpful and very nice. UH4I-1U- 1 feuBittHfilrt.ai RISKWO |