Ruling the world: the American mother’s sacrifice
There are several images in my mind of my childhood that can never be erased. No, the horrific memories have nothing to do with abuse, extreme tragedies or even death. (Besides the times a cat would get run over.) These memories are visions of destruction; as one by one, just about every heirloom and fragile piece of property in the house is dramatically destroyed.
The menace? Kids. That’s right; for you young, single people with no childcare experience; don’t be fooled by those cute little children you see playing innocently with their own toys in church or the mall. Little boys are, in fact, wired to destroy anything that happens to be worth keeping. (Hence the inspiration for this post.)
Just the other day a young sibling of mine (name will not be disclosed) decided to cut his paper with an X-Acto knife… right on the table which was covered by a beautiful cloth from Indonesia. Needless to say, the unfortunate child’s mother was rather distraught at the ruining of her tablecloth and scratching of her table. And yet, this was just one in many incidents that was brought on by the (usually) innocent curiosity of a child.
Stay-at-home mothers pay a great price for raising America’s future leaders. Often we watch a young person rise up to great and important places in society, and in our praise of his or her accomplishments, we fail to recognize the mother who raised them… or worse yet, the God who breathed life into them. Mothers are those veterans of many wars, who fought bravely in the hidden battlefield, and were never recognized or awarded for their great sacrifice and valor in the heat of battle.
America, while praising its Godly and successful leaders, also must not forget where our nation would be without the right mothers to raise its people. From generation to generation, each and every mother has left her mark on society as she shoots her arrows out into the world. Just think how much more powerful it would be to send out six of you into the world instead of just one of you! Our mothers have been given a special responsibility in rocking the cradle, because someday, with hard work and training, those children will rule the world.
Despite the frustration of having belongings ruined, space invaded, or time stolen way, the strong mothers of America somehow hang on to the hope of the future. Even when a 15 year-old breaks an antique wedding glass by seeing how long it will stay sucked to his face, or when two siblings break the perfect glass serving bowl in an argument, our wonderful mothers manage to put up with us in the hopes that someday we will return the favor by blessing them with our good deeds and actions when we leave the home.
Young people, let’s make sure we don’t disappoint our mothers. Let’s strive to become influencal and Godly leaders in America… and as we begin to make a difference in our country, let’s not forget the wonderful soldiers back home who gave it all for us.
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Wonderful post Jen! Our mothers really do sacrifice a lot! Thanks for the reminder to be grateful for all thay do!
Jennifer,
If you really support the troops, you might want to warn them that they will be bringing home cancer and fathering children with severe birth defects!!
Quote from the link below:
Just 467 U.S. personnel were wounded in the three-week Persian Gulf War in 1990-1991. Out of 580,400 soldiers who served in Gulf War I, 11,000 are dead, and by 2000 there were 325,000 on permanent medical disability. This astounding number of disabled vets means that a decade later, 56 percent of those soldiers who served now have medical problems.
The number of disabled vets reported up to 2000 has been increasing by 43,000 every year. Brad Flohr of the Department of Veterans Affairs told American Free Press that he believes there are more disabled vets now than even after World War II.
Not only were soldiers exposed to DU on and off the battlefields, but they brought it home. DU in the semen of soldiers internally contaminated their wives, partners and girlfriends. Tragically, some women in their 20s and 30s who were sexual partners of exposed soldiers developed endometriosis and were forced to have hysterectomies because of health problems.
In a group of 251 soldiers from a study group in Mississippi who had all had normal babies before the Gulf War, 67 percent of their post-war babies were born with severe birth defects. They were born with missing legs, arms, organs or eyes or had immune system and blood diseases. In some veterans’ families now, the only normal or healthy members of the family are the children born before the war.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has stated that they do not keep records of birth defects occurring in families of veterans.
http://www.sfbayview.com/081804/Depleteduranium081804.shtml
BTW, most of the horrible effects described above were from the FIRST Gulf War, where the amount of depleted uranium used was but a small fraction of what is being used this time around.
Furthermore, most of the DU used the prior time was restricted to anti-tank rounds that were used out in the desert. This time, it's in virtaully all the bombs and munitions, most of which are being used in the cities. This is genocide by any definition!
Still think Saddam was the one who was evil, Jennifer? I know you are very young, but you are a bright girl. Open your eyes to the truth..."For you shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall set you free".
P.S. There's plenty of other info out there. Just do a Google of --depleted uranium atrocities--. I would love for you to address this topic in a future post on your blog.
How did you get that subject from that post!?!?!?!?!
i thought i might add in an instance of my own. When I was in 6th grade I backed my sister's car into one of our other cars and my mom had to tell our insurance company that she did it. That is my tid bit.
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