> >>WHY I LOVE MOM
> >>Mom and Dad were watching TV when Mom said, "I'm tired, and it's
> >>getting
> >>late. I think I'll go to bed."
> >>She went to the kitchen to make sandwiches for the next day's
> >>lunches.
> >>Rinsed out the popcorn bowls, took meat out of the freezer for
> >>supper the
> >>following evening, checked the cereal box levels, filled the
sugar
> >>container
> >> put spoons and bowls on the table and started the coffee pot
for
> >>brewing
> >>the next morning.
> >>
> >>She then put some wet clothes in the dryer, put a load of
clothe! s
> >>into the
> >>washer, ironed a shirt and secured a loose
>button
> >>
> >>She picked up the game pieces left on the table, put the phone
back
> >>on the
> >>charger and ! put the telephone book into the drawer.
> >>
> >>She watered the plants, emptied a wastebasket! and hun g up a
towel
> >>to dry.
> >>
> >>She yawned and stretched and headed for the bedroom. She stopped
by
> >>the desk
> >>and wrote a note to the teacher, counted out some cash for the
> >>field trip,
> >>and pulled a text book out from hiding under the chair.
> >>
> >>She signed a birthday card for a friend, addressed and stamped
the
> >>envelope
> >>and wrote a quick note for the grocery store. She put both near
her
> >>purse.
> >>Mom then washed her face with 3 in 1 cleanser, put on her Night
> >>solution
> >>&age fighting moisturizer, brushed and flossed her teeth and
filed
> >>her nails
> >>Dad called out, "I thought you were going to bed."
> >>
> >>"I'm on my way," she said.
> >>She put some water into the dog's dish and put the cat outside,
> >>then made
> >>sure the doors were locked and the patio light was on.
> >>She looked in on each of the kids and turned out their bedside
> >>lamps and TV
> >>s, hung up a shirt, threw some dirty socks into the hamper, and
had
> >>a brief
> >>conversation with the one up still doing homework.
> >>In her own room, she set the alarm; laid out clothing for the
next
>>day,
> >>straightened up the shoe rack. She added three things to her 6
most
> >>important things to do list. She said her prayers, and
visualized
> >>the
> >>accomplishment of her goals.
> >>About that time, Dad turned off the TV and announced to no one
in
> >>particular
> >> "I'm going to bed."
> >>And he did...without! another thought.
> >>
> >>Anything extraordinary here? Wonder why women
> >>live longer...?
> >>
> >>CAUSE WE ARE MADE FOR THE LONG HAUL..... (and we can't die
sooner,
> >>we still
> >>have things to do!!!!)