Since Mothers day is just around the corner I decided I would share this little story my grandma shared with me in an email. It is a good tribute to woman everywhere. I can always count on my Grandma Oviatt to share uplifting stories with me. They are often a constant reminder of who I am or need to be. Thanks Grandma, I love you.

{ A WOMANS TEAR }

A little boy asked his mother, 'Why are you crying?' 'Because I'm a woman,' she told him.

'I don't understand,' he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, 'And you never will.'

Later the little boy asked his father, 'Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?'

'All women cry for no reason,' was all his dad could say.

The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.

Finally he put in a call to God. When God got on the phone, he asked, 'God, why do women cry so easily?'

God said:

'When I made the woman she had to be special.'

'I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world,

yet gentle enough to give comfort.'

'I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children.'

'I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining.'

'I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly.'

''I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.

'I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.'

'And finally, I gave her a tear to shed.' 'This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed.'
'That tear holds more then men could understand.'

' If a man was to shed her tear it

would look enormous.

'For a woman's tear is full of unconditional love, power,sacrifice,beauty,pain,and compassion.'

'All ten fold of what a Man is able to feel.'

'And that is my son, why I made her as close to being Supernatural.'

'She's my gift to the world she's an Angel on Earth. '

'Love her and praise her for there will be no other here on Earth that will Love you like I do then your Mother.'
'You see my son,' said God, 'The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.'

The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides.'

{ Staying Busy }

Ok, I know it has been a while since I have posted anything. I wish I could say more was happening in our lives. We seem to be really busy, but I am not sure what exactly is keeping us that way, other then GAME NIGHTS with friends and kevin coaching SOCCER. Today has just been full of me getting londyns HAND PRINTS and trying to get her memory book updated. The handprints definately made quite the mess, if anyone has any tips on how to get the babies hands out of a fist to get the handprint let me know. I really want londyn to be able to look back and see how small she really was, although that is easier said then done as I have found out.

On a different note I was reading another blog today and found this:

Children Learn What They Live

by Dorothy Law Neite

If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn.

If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight.

If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy.

If a child learns to feel shame, he learns to feel guilty.

If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient.

If a child lives with encouragement he learns confidence

If a child lives with praise, he learns to appreciate.

If a child lives with fairness, he learns justice.

If a child lives with security, he learns to have faith.

If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself.

If a child lives with acceptance and friendship,

he learns to find love in the world.

It really put things in perspective for me as a parent. Kevin and I really need to try our hardest to have our children grow up in a proper home full of love and patience. I think every parent hopes that for themselves, if you are reading this I hope you can keep this in mind for your own home. It is so important especially in the world today to make sure our kids feel safe and have security with their family.