Somebody Said...

Somebody said that a child is carried in its mother's
womb for nine months. Somebody does not know that a
child is carried in its mother's heart forever.

Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to
normal after you've had a baby. Somebody doesn't

know that once you're a mother, normal is history.

Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by
instinct. Somebody never took a three-year-old
shopping.

Somebody said being a mother is boring. Somebody
never rode in a car driven by a teenager with a
driver's permit.

Somebody said if you're a "good" mother, your child
will "turn out good." Somebody thinks a child comes
with directions and a guarantee.

Somebody said "good" mothers never raise their voices.
Somebody never came out the back door just in time to
see her child throw a basketball through the
neighbor's kitchen window.

Somebody said you don't need an education to be a
mother. Somebody never helped a fourth grader with
their math.

Somebody said you can't love the fifth child as much
as you love the first. Somebody doesn't have five
children.

Somebody said a mother can find all the answers to her
child-rearing questions in the books. Somebody never
had a child stuff beans up their nose.

Somebody said the hardest part of being a mother is
labor and delivery. Somebody never watched her "baby"
get on the bus for the first day of kindergarten.

Somebody said a mother can do her job with her eyes
closed and one hand tied behind her back. Somebody
never organized seven giggling Brownies to sell
cookies.

Somebody said a mother can stop worrying after her
child gets married. Somebody doesn't know that
marriage adds a new son or daughter-in-law to a
mother's heartstrings.

Somebody said a mother's job is done when her last
child leaves home. Somebody never had grandchildren.

Somebody said your mother knows you love her, so you
don't need to tell her. Somebody isn't a mother