M O T H E R

I just did the 101 things putting the kids to bed, doing dishes, cleaning up. I came to sit down at my desk after peering in the girls' room making sure my 13 yo went to bed because sometimes she stays up and plays with her iPod. As I sat down, I noticed that I had this email waiting for me from my beloved 13 yo (apparently by Howard Johnson).

M-O-T-H-E-R: M is for the million things she gave me, O means only that she's growing old, T is for the tears she shed to save me, H is for her heart of purest gold E is for her eyes, with love-light shining, R means right, and right she'll always be, put them all together, they spell MOTHER, a word that means the world to me.