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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9587 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9587 Posts |
 Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 10:01:50 AM
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I thought you all might enjoy this!
Signs of Motherhood
By
Dianna Overholt
* A beautiful bouquet of weeds perches on your windowsill.
*Your service for sixteen contains seven plates and eleven bowls.
*Someone asks your age and your mind blanks. You can recall to the minute when each child was born.
*After sharing your drinking glass, it resembles a miniature aquarium.
*Your sleeve doubles as a Kleenex box.
*Eating out is a hot dog roast.
*You don't want a dishwasher, you already have five.
*Your dryer seems to be a Bermuda Triangle for socks.
*You risk waking a sleeping baby just to kiss her soft little cheek.
*The display on your coffee table may include a dead mouse.
*"Can a moth burp?" is the sort of mind-stumping question you face daily.
*You know how to sanitize a pacifier without turning on the faucet.
*After washing the kitchen floor, you keep returning just to admire it.
*Your diaper bag is your purse.
*Smudgy handprints on windows are a form of art for your guests to enjoy.
*Being gone for a few hours makes you homesick.
*You love the smell of your baby's neck.
*There are never enough Band-aids in the cupboard.
*Mooing like a cow facilitates the opening of little mouths at mealtime.
*You wonder why it took so long to comb your hair as a teenager.
* You're the only overheated person when the family sits down to dinner.
*After the children are sleeping, you return to their bedsides to kiss a soft cheek or stroke back a curl,
and silently thank the Lord for making you the richest woman alive.
Denise
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Edited by - levisgrammy on Mar 16 2009 10:05:51 AM |
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Tina Kay
True Blue Farmgirl
107 Posts
Tina Kay
Deary
ID
USA
107 Posts |
Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 10:07:54 AM
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This brought a smile to my face. My favorite line is "you risk waking a sleeping baby just to kiss her soft little cheek". I miss the baby days. (every once in awhile).
Thanks for sharing,
Tina Kay
Now I get me up to work, I pray the Lord I may not shirk. If I should die before tonight, I pray the Lord my work's all right. Anon. |
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
4208 Posts
Jessica
NJ
USA
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Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 10:35:46 AM
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Can a moth burp is my favorite...just today Tori asked me how come 'snowmans' cant talk?
hugs
Jessie
Farmgirl Sister #235
"Every man's life is a fairy-tale written by God's fingers."--Hans Christian Anderson
Stop by my blog for a visit www.messiejessie2.blogspot.com |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9587 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9587 Posts |
Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 10:39:32 AM
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That's me lil darlin'. Asking those great contemplatibles (is that a word?) already. You know who will be next and his will probably involve those icky, buggy questions. 
Denise
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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harmonyfarm
True Blue Farmgirl
785 Posts
Debbie
Southeastern
Ohio
USA
785 Posts |
Posted - Mar 16 2009 : 10:49:16 AM
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My son once told me he heard a mouse sneeze....I believe him!
Debbie
"If you can't find the time to do it right...how will you find the time to do it over" |
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Maryjane
CA
USA
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beccaroo
True Blue Farmgirl
68 Posts
Rebecca
Grand Prairie
Texas
USA
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Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 07:39:32 AM
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That is so sweet and TRUE! It really made me smile just thinking about it. Thanks for sharing.
beccaroo
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farmmommy
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Kelley
Texas
USA
500 Posts |
Posted - Mar 17 2009 : 07:57:59 AM
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I just love that! last mothers day my MIL read a poem called "Before I Became a Mother" at church, and I loved it so much, that for weeks i would refer to every little thing that happened as such...
Like the day we were all on our way to town, and my hubby asked if i remembered to bring the checkbook, and as I searched my purse....there was no checkbook, but there was half of a hot dog in there that had black and gray fuzz on it!!!! Yep, "before I became A Mother" I never once found a moldy hotdog in my purse!!
Then, just yesterday, I walked outside to find one of my Paula Deen cooking pots in the sand box, right next to a pair if Nike tennis shoes I had been searching for for 2 days...all covered in sand! yep....before i became a mother.....
And one of my favorites is when I'm trying to get the kids and I ready to go to town, and go to the bathroom to do my 15 second "presentable" routine (used to be a minumum of 15 MINUTES!!), only to find my toothbrush in the toilet....and my deodarant is nowhere to be found, it apparently grew legs and walked off!!!.....Yep, bofore I became a mother!.....
And now that I'm a Mommy, I sooooo understand my mothers old saying "well, it must have been the Ghost-of-not-Me!!"
Now I can't even remember what it was like to not be a mommy, I would never want to remember, that's how much i love motherhood!!! |
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