Show A Mother Is Special i By FLORENCE BITTNER On the second Sunday in May we honor our and it is fine and fitting that we should do but surety a mother is something everyone has at least one ana for much of our life than surely nothing is more everyday a Even birds and animals have so why MOTHERS come in infinite There arc spider mothers who will eat their own there are wild kingdom mothers who will instinctively give their lives to protect their there are feathered mothers who push their ailing babies from the nest so the healthy ones can and there are fish and insect mothers who leave their young to make their own In nearly every motherhood is a compulsive and if It were not the species would soon SO WITH motherhood is a compulsive and people mothers represent every type found in the animal There are smother-mothers who emotionally devour their There are heroic mothers who give their lives to and Tor their There are wise and foolish there are mothers who support their children and mothers who must always be supported by their Mothers are as varied as people and as wise and as foolish and as strong and weak as THERE IS nothing in life more noble than a wise mother who rears her children to be straight and strong and And there is nothing more terrible than a poor Probably all the tyrants who have ever lived have not wrought the heartache and suffering poor mothers have But the world rests in the capable hands of the good The quiet women who daily cook and clean and who fetch and dust and sew and teach and teach and and rise up earl and do It all over again one more day A CHILD'S life is built upon the I If those parents are there ir the boundaries of that foundation there are walls to hold him in and ar 1 rJ child can send down strong roots of that and with that base height and still be securely anchored If that foundation is not strong then the child will grow a little twisted- and repairs made later in life can far r MOTHERHOOD is an and it js dooms the women's lib movement 10 Nature is upon the side of the mother been and always will a jl A career can be a rewarding never crawl into bed with you in the night to be and it can never bri dandelions with a sticky and a job back you with your own eyes or reach ou hands shaped so like your THERE ARE those who say Mother's M We should honor our mothers dan setting aside one day when we dutifully zM motions of paying our But civilization is built upon Religion- Saluting the flag is a Weddings and Mother's Day is a and as such itS the meaning and each family Of course we should honor our mothers daSa Of course we should tell our appreciate them and respect upon but we So ii is fitting and should designate a day and on this secondS-M we will honor our mothers |