tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6157200688540102685.post4201674051322110423..comments2023-10-07T06:17:52.901-07:00Comments on Hannah Grage: Happy Mother's Day!Galenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10809681578252007828noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6157200688540102685.post-81469047836602682142010-05-10T23:04:05.845-07:002010-05-10T23:04:05.845-07:00Thank you so much for the honor of being in your h...Thank you so much for the honor of being in your home on mothers day. I am humbled by your gift to me. All my heart felt prayers and hopes..<br />PattyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6157200688540102685.post-11443075025226932872010-05-10T12:08:11.867-07:002010-05-10T12:08:11.867-07:00I wanted to go back and change diabetes for Leukem...I wanted to go back and change diabetes for Leukemia...but can't figure out how to do that...: )<br /><br />Hang in there.<br /><br />LizAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6157200688540102685.post-69529852765283839572010-05-10T12:05:29.523-07:002010-05-10T12:05:29.523-07:00Carrie
I'm thinking about you today, and wante...Carrie<br />I'm thinking about you today, and wanted to share this with you..someone sent it to me when my two year old daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 18 years ago. But it really applies to any Mom standing by there kid during a serious illness..AND HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!<br /><br />Liz Jones<br />SMACNA<br /><br />HOW GOD CHOSE THE MOTHER OF A CHRONICALLY ILL CHILD<br /> <br />Most women become mothers by<br /> accident, some by choice, a few by social pressures<br />and a couple by habit.<br /> Did you ever wonder how mothers of children with<br />diabetes are chosen?<br /> Somehow I visualize God hovering over the Earth<br />selecting his instruments<br /> for procreation with great care and deliberation.<br />As he observes, he<br /> instructs his angels to make notes in a giant ledger.<br />"Williamson, Donna, son. Patron Saint Billy."<br />"Klippel, Cindy, daughter. Patron Saint Allie."<br /> Finally, he passes a name to an angel and smiles,<br />"Give her a child with diabetes."<br />The angel is curious, "Why this one, God?<br />She is so happy."<br /> "Exactly," smiles God.<br />"Could I give a child with diabetes to a mother who<br /> does not know laughter? That would be cruel."<br />"But has she the patience?" asks the angel.<br />"I do not want her to have too much patience, or she will<br /> drown in a sea of self-pity and despair.<br />Once the shock and resentment wear<br /> off, she will handle it. I watched her today.<br />She has that feeling of self<br /> and independence.<br />That is so rare and so necessary in a mother.<br />You see the<br /> child I am going to give her has his own world.<br />She has to make it live in<br /> her world and that is not going to be easy."<br />"But, Lord, I do not think she even believes in you?"<br />God smiles.<br />"Doesn't matter. I can fix that. This one is perfect.<br />She has just enough selfishness."<br />The angel gasps.<br />"Selfishness?<br /> Is that a virtue?" God nods.<br />"If she cannot separate herself from the child occasionally,<br />they will never survive.<br />Yes, here is a woman whom I will<br /> bless with less than perfect."<br />"She does not realize it yet, but she is to be envied.<br />I will permit her to see clearly the things I see...<br />ignorance,cruelty, prejudice...<br />and allow her to rise above them. She will never be alone.<br />I will be at her side every minute of every day of her life<br />because she is doing my work as surely as if she is here by my side.<br />"And what about her patron saint?"<br />asks the angel.<br />His pen poised in mid air,<br />God smiles, <br />"A mirror will serve this purpose."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com