Show kathleen norris norr is says remember your mother today bell syndicate service sg 4 your mothers mot Aeri heart is going to follow ol 01 1 0 w you wherever you are in camp in the air or far off on dangerous seas these h 1 ll 11 are dark days for mothers as never before your mother needs a message from you this mothers mother day by KATHLEEN NORRIS 00 D mothers are the GOOD most valuable thing in the world all the love appreciation respect honor that good mothers get one tenth enough for them no nation has ever eve been just in recognizing what good mothers do mothers are never publicly rewarded they get no decorations no high places but the fact rem remains ains that they are the most valuable persons in the world mothers lives have two phases the first Is giving the second is receiving they like the giving years best they love the time when the children are small when love and service keep them busy every moment of the day when they drop into bed exhausted every night it Is one of the divine decrees that a good mother shall love her job to the skeptical sophisticate sophisticated outsiders eye that job looks dull enough it means the early summons of an alarm clock a cold dark kitchen turned into a place of warmth and light it means bubbling oatmeal and the opening of milk bottles it means crib blankets to air school lunches rubbers goodbye kisses telephone grocer picking up small pajamas making small beds planning of meals baking of potatoes help with homework dishes to wash scratches and bumps to soothe cough medicine scolding guiding judging consoling advising an endless list this list of the normal cares and duties of a good mother could go on tor for several columns before we come to the emergencies and great occasions that make s special echal demands on her events like christmas parties illnesses accidents moves to new neighborhoods financial crises all ali these mother mothe has to meet and it Is upon mothers attitude toward them that the whole fam ilys position depends for mother Is the camu family y weather vane it if she is cheerful it if home is a pleasant place to which to return it if she likes her job then everyone Is happy and the benefit derived by ay her husband and children from her strength and fineness Is beyond all calculating it will go with those children through every day of their lives A happy unburdened unafraid childhood actually means a lappy happy unafraid life no money can buy uy that particular security but mother and only mother can give it outwardly drudgery her busy self sacrificing tiring days day but inwardly they are filled with that glory that comes to human beings who I 1 are a living their destined lives to the full the second phase of a mothers life is the hard one all AH through her girlhood and young womanhood woman hood and proud maturity she has been hearing that there is agony ahead the agony of having the children grow up become independent select their own mates and go into the world to live their own lives but that is a pain that must be experienced to be appreciated the children simply dont need her any more she cant quite believe ill the tumbled tu beds and tumbled heads beads the torn frocks and cut fingers the surprises and vacation trips the young sweet faces pressed against hers the languid small hand of the little convalescent vale scent reaching tor for her own all gonel gone I 1 empty rooms in her house toms ream the girls room 11 NO JUST REW REWARD no nation says kathleen norris narris has been just in recognizing zing wint what good mothers do but she bea believes ieves that because cau se a good mother loves her job she finds her reward in the joy of doing it well she loves every minute of those early years when her life is an endless succession of rubbers measles school lunch boxes stray cats and she loves the memory of those years after her children have grown up and discovered that they no longer need her today toda Y b busy uy and courageous as always she asks no other reward empty spaces in her heart no use making hot cakes on this frosty morning she cant eat them and they arent permitted on dads diet no use picking up a small padlock and chain a dolls hat a box ot of crayons in the store nobody at home I 1 Is small enough to shriek with excitement excitement when they are presented it if those early days called for strength of mind and body these later ones make even heavier demands on her soul her duty Is to be happy resign yourself to being to your children only the loved memory of their happy youth never question them as t to 0 how often they arre you or come t to 0 see you their lives are parted irrevocably from yours now such services as you can do them or the grandchildren are just so much pure gold pressed down and running over the richness of life nothing is your right your due to be claimed with complaints and reproaches your duty is to be happy busy preoccupied without any reference to them the mother of whom s sons 0 n s and daughters boast is the mother whose life is independently individually v occupied so that to keep beloved grandchildren over a weekend or go to a sons house tor an anfor interval of housekeeping or nursing urs na during the younger cifes absence isto grant a favor so much tor for duty a mothers last duty to the children but those children have a duty too and now when the year brings around mothers day it Is a duty so mixed with love pleasure memory and honor that its warmth and beauty fill the land flower shops candy makers telegraph boys telephone operators me mall umen men are all kept busy while american sons and daughters turn back for lust just one happy day to think of mother needs a message and believe me speaking for all mothers today no matter how busy that wonderful mother of yours may be no matter how sensibly and bravely she has accepted the facts of your marriage your absorption in things outside her reach ashes going to remember that its mothers day ashes going to keep one ear free tor for the telephone the other tor for the doorbell her heart and her prayers are going to follow you wherever you are in camp in the air tar far off on the dangerous blue seas A canadian woman showed me a letter she received last mothers day no money on earth could buy the penciled halt half sheet a young flier sent home to his mother that day it said loving you having a glorious unit time praying every night tor for mom davy this year she wont have any leto let ter but ashes got that one safe fate |