Unmemorable Memories

While the number of single mothers (9.8 million) has remained constant over the past three years, the number of single fathers has grown 25 percent, from 1.7 million in 1995 to 2.1 million in 1998, according to tabulations released by the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau. Men now comprise one-sixth of the nation’s 11.9 million single parents. - Census Bureau Report

Is it possible for fathers to do everything a mother does?

If a father does everything that a mother does, can that father be an effective mother?

Is there something else aside from the things that mothers “do” that makes them a mother?

Is there a reason why God designed the family to have both a mother and a father?

My sympathies go out today (Mother’s Day) to those children in families that do not have a mother present for whatever reasons (sickness, death, economic condition, broken relationships, etc…)

I am extremely grateful that God has given me an excellent (although often under-appreciated) mother. I am also very thankful that the woman I married is the best mother my daughter, Caitlin Ema, can ever have.

I consider myself very blessed that I was raised in a home with both mother and father present, and I sincerely hope that my own children will grow up with both parents around.

-- Posted in Bible, Religion and Philosophy

Today is mothers day. Happy mothers day to all the mothers in the world. A special greeting goes to those mothers that have had a major impact in my life: my own mother, my grandmothers, and my daughter’s mother. Although Chris is not my mother, her being a mother to our daughter, Caitlin Ema, has impacted me.

Mothers are a constant in one’s life. No matter how old one gets, our mother will always be a mother, always concerned about how we’re getting along, concerned whether we are eating well, dressing well, taking care of ourselves well, keeping our homes well, concerned about our moral and spiritual direction and many other things a mother concerns herself with. To some, the mother’s love can sometimes be stifling, but we must remember it is this same love that has molded us to the way we are. And if you think you turned out pretty well, then you must be thankful for that love and not resent it.

Mothers are so constant that the things they do for their children are often taken for granted. So on this special day I express my thanks to the three living mothers in my life.

-- Posted in Greetings