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Posted on 03/01/2011 1:23:44 AM PST by JustAmy
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LOL
Now I feel really silly.
I am enjoying....and thanks! :)
How do I change my tag line? For some reason it has changed.
You need to click *post reply*...a dialog box for tagline should appear... change to your heart’s content. ;)
Thank you.
Sounds like me brudder and me. :^)
You’re very welcome...I see it worked.
LOL! My dentist would LOVE to get into that camel’s mouth and put porcelain caps on every one of them!
Is Idol on there already?
Yep, it started at 8!
A few years ago, when my mother was visiting, she asked me to go shopping with her because she needed a new dress. I don't normally like to go shopping with other people, and I'm not a patient person, but we set off for the mall together nonetheless.
We visited nearly every store that carried ladies' dresses, and my mother tried on dress after dress, rejecting them all. As the day wore on, I grew weary and my mother grew frustrated.
Finally, at our last stop, my mother tried on a lovely blue three-piece dress. The blouse had a bow at the neckline, and as I stood in the dressing room with her, I watched as she tried, with much difficulty, to tie the bow. Her hands were so badly crippled from arthritis that she couldn't do it. Immediately, my impatience gave way to an overwhelming wave of compassion for her. I turned away to try and hide the tears that welled up involuntarily. Regaining my composure, I turned back to tie the bow for her. The dress was beautiful, and she bought it. Our shopping trip was over, but the event was etched indelibly in my memory.
For the rest of the day, my mind kept returning to that moment in the dressing room and to the vision of my mother's hands trying to tie that bow. Those loving hands that had fed me, bathed me, dressed me, caressed and comforted me, and, most of all, prayed for me, were now touching me in the most remarkable manner.
Later in the evening, I went to my mother's room, took her hands in mine, kissed them and, much to her surprise, told her that to me they were the most beautiful hands in the world.
I'm so grateful that God let me see with new eyes what a precious, priceless gift a loving, self-sacrificing mother is. I can only pray that some day my hands, and my heart, will have earned such a beauty of their own.
By Bev Hulsizer
Don’t tell me who gets the boot......(OK - whisper it to me in FReepmail!) LOL!
Hi Teenie! Your graphic is WAY too cute!! Thank you!!
Hi Amy! Thanks for the complements! What an unusual bird graphic and lovely graphic! Thank you!! Hope you’ve been having a good day!
:)
Are you having a good day?
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