You know, you are not on earth to measure up to someone else's expectations,but you are here to develop your potential - in direction and degree that you choose. It is your responsibility, though, to equip yourself to make wise choices, choices that will help you develop and feel good about yourself. Now, it is fine to ask others for advice or information, but final decision must be yours.

So, when you count your successes, make sure you count by your own standards, not someone else's!

But, what was Jesus thinking as he hung there on cross looking down at his weeping mother? Thank you mamma for kisses when I fell and hurt myself on gravel in driveway. Thank you mamma for helping me understand that loving and losing is better than not loving at all. And thank you mamma for being here when death is so hard to face. I have to think in some place down deep in Jesus’ heart through all pain and suffering his body was going through at time physically while he looked down and realized his mother was there he remembered;

Mamma whispered softly, time will ease your pain Life’s about changing nothing stays same And she said, how can I help you say goodbye? It’s ok to hurt; it’s ok to cry Come let me hold you and I will try How can I help you say goodbye?

Back then as it is today, mammas give us strength, love and many times understanding when we need it most. Let us today and every day not forget that if it wasn’t for our mothers; changes in life, hurts on play grounds, and tears from our hearts may be just to unbearable for us to take. Thank you mom for loving us, but most of all thank you for being there at foot of cross and loving Jesus Christ.