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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 61 views
~~~ Here's to Mom! ~~~ My mother taught me IRONY - "Keep laughing and I'll give you something to cry about." My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE WHAT I HAVE - "It's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick." My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE - "If you're going to kill each other…
Dr. Ka-Tong Lim • Illustration • • 4 views
An interview on ABC's PrimeTime Live OR 20/20 program, on the subject of longevity, interviewed several people who were over 100 years old. One woman, Mary Eliot, left an indelible impression on me. She was 102 years old. Her daughter Joselyne has just died a day before the interview due to a heart attack.…
Terry Cavanaugh • Illustration • • 8 views
A Mothers work A Junior High science teacher lectured on the properties of magnets for an entire class. The next day he gave his students a quiz. The first question read like this: “My name begins with an “M,” has six letters, and I pick things up. What am I?” Half the kids in the class wrote, “Mother.”…
Terry Cavanaugh • Illustration • • 10 views
Importance of a mother Ralph Waldo Emerson has said, “Men are what their mothers make them” and an old Spanish proverb says, “An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.”
Terry Cavanaugh • Illustration • • 7 views
Bible translated into life Four scholars were arguing over Bible translations. One said he preferred the King James Version because of its beauty and eloquent old English. Another said he liked the New American Standard Version for its literalism and how it moves the reader from passage to passage with…
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According to the Knoxville News-Sentinel, Police Chief Phil Keith was in the middle of a city council meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee, when his pager beeped. Startled to see that the call was from his mother, he rushed to the press table and phoned her. “Phil Keith, are you chewing gum?” demanded his…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 8 views
ATTENTION CHILDREN: The Bathroom Door is Closed. Please do not stand here and talk, whine, or ask questions. Wait until I get out. Yes, it is locked. I want it that way. It is not broken, I am not trapped. I know I have left it unlocked, and even open at times, since you were born, because I was afraid…
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A cartoon shows a three-year-old, freckle-faced boy in a hallway. His pajamas are unsnapped, his diaper’s bagging, and he’s got a little teddy bear, dangling in his hand. He’s standing in front of his mother and father’s bedroom door, which is shut. On the door is a little sign written by a weary mother:…
Ralph Andrus • Illustration • • 6 views
God bless cool women, They smile when they want to scream. They sing when they want to cry. They cry when they are happy and laugh when they are nervous. They fight for what they believe in. They stand up for injustice. They don't take "No" for an answer, when they believe there is a better solution.…
Scott Cody • Illustration • • 153 views
Tony Campolo’s wife Peggy was s stay at home mom, but because he is a professor at a major university, they had to socialize with men and women who were leaders in their fields. Not long thereafter, they were at a party. A woman said to Peggy in a rather condescending tone, "And, dear what is it that…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 6 views
Caring Pregnancy Center’s mission is to provide for the welfare of unborn babies and their mothers, especially when in tragic circumstances consideration is being given to aborting the unborn child. In writing to us, Director Cheryl Wilson says she has been surprised and shocked at the number of people…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 1,896 views
John Todd was a famous minister of the 1800's and he grew up in Vermont, but he lost both of his parents when he was six years old. And, since there were so many kids in the family, they didn't know what to do with all the children and so they found an aunt who said, "I will be happy to take John in."…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 8 views
Want a promotion? Treat Mom well A county in central China plans in-depth checks on how its official’s treat their parents, with those who are nice to their mom and dad first in line for promotion, Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. Up to 500 family members, friends, colleagues and neighbors will…
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"Parenting" When my wife quit work to take care of our new baby daughter, countless hours of peekaboo and other games slowly took their toll. One evening she smacked her bare toes on the corner of a dresser and, grabbing her foot, sank to the floor. I rushed to her side and asked where it hurt. She looked…