Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-05-16

was nclu al the clncluSlOn OF
.he program.
The Sub District W.S.C.S.
will meet Wednesday May %
at the Methodist Church al
Evergreen, beginning at $50
am.
Uncle Billy Ward sung
Mothers Hands. and dedicated
to all living mothers and in
memory of his mother and
others who had passed on. al
the morning devotional period.
prior to Sunday School Sunday
morning at our church.
would like to share this
article with my readers. II is
copied from the Together
Magazine.
What Is A Mother - Really
Well, she's a screamer some
times. She nags. and she can't
stand clothes on the floor or
rings in the bathtub. A mother
Is bossy sort of creature. She
is full of too many "Don't's"
and stop that's. Often she
finds herself shouting stop
that" before anything happens.
She's not much for loud
noises, though she is suspici-
GUS of silence. Just let a silence
slip into her house, and you
will find a mother tiptoeing
down the hallway to see what
the children are up to. Usually
they are up to Mess which
In reality. may be a gift they
are making her for Mothers
Day out of scraps of cloth
and beads and lots of glue
and love. And after she is all
through yelling over the MESS
and they have explained the
really of ii, she slips back down
the hallway with contrite tears
in her eyes.
A mother is a worricr. She
worries about Little Boys
curiosity when ii comes to
hunting for adventure. She
worries over BiBg Sister when
she goes out with a new boy
who claims to be a safe driver
and then pecls away from the
curb. She worries over streets
to be crossed and dreams that
may be shattered and a thous-
and other things. Too often. the
burden of burden of worry is
evident on her face and in
her voice.
A mother can be so very
irritable. She hollcrs over lots
of nothings, and sometimes she
spanks when she shouldn't. A
mother is forgettery person.
She fOrgets how il felt to be
eight and all filled up with
the wigglies of growing. She
forgets that things must be
learned that her little ones
are not born knowing how to
chew with their mouths shut
or TO close doors quietly. She
forgets that to a fivc-ycar-olh
bedtime means the rclinquish-
ing of a day and all the fun
il held.
A mother is given to longing
signs. She can be heard groan-
ing, IL can hardly wait until
jamie starts school. "Often il
seems that the one thing that
she yearns for and may never
possess is time. Time for a nap.
or a cup of coffee. or to fix
her nails. Sometimes she feels
guilty because she yearns fol
these things. Once in a great
while. all by herself. she cries
because she thinks no one
understands her or appreciates
how hard she works.
Besides all this. a mother is
dreamer. She dreams great
dreams for her children. but
she chooses to pray simply for
health and love and freedom
from fear. She Is a hopper. She
hopes that somehow the chill
drcn will see past the irrita-
bility and the naggincss and
he unfairncss into her heart.
In her heart, a mother would
tive much to be that mother
of poems. the rcvered angel.
I'll patient and fair. enduring
and good. But being human
and nothing more. she cannot
be that halolwcd. poetic per-
lection any more than she can
hold her heart in her hands
for her children to see. She
can only work at the hardest
task given 10 woman and hope