The Good Mother

Dear Reader,

The myriad of choices a good mother makes in support of her child boggles the mind. It starts with simple things like pursuing a healthy diet when pregnant, continues with sleepless nights caring for a sick infant, followed by painstaking attention to the child’s school environment, and on, and on, and on….

A good mother actively cares for her child at every step of the child’s life. Like any parent, she often puts her own needs “on hold” – sometimes too much so, as we are discovering. But it is a natural tendency to do all you can to give your child the best possible launch onto their own life, inspiring and guiding an impressionable youth into a responsible adult.

Let’s give a salute to all the good mothers on this Mother’s Day. May it be a happy recognition and celebration of all the love they have poured into the world, with countless effects too subtle to catalog.

Patrick J. Wood
Publisher
Author of “Dear Reader” and “Tapestry of Love and Loss”