Mothers and grandmothers, do you have a favourite child or grandchild? Why don't you let Erma Bombeck help you answer that question with the following article?
Every mother has a favourite child. She cannot help it. She is only human. I have mine -- the child for whom I feel a special closeness, with whom I share a love that no one else could possibly understand. My favourite child is the one who was too sick to eat ice cream at his birthday party... who had measles at Christmas... who wore leg braces to bed because he toed in... who had a fever in the middle of the night, the asthma attack, the child in my arms at the emergency ward.
My favourite child spent Christmas alone away from the family, was stranded after the game with a gas tank on E, lost the money for his class ring.
My favourite child is the one who messed up the piano recital, misspelled committee in a spelling bee, ran the wrong way with the football, and had his bike stolen because he was careless.
My favourite child is the one I punished for lying, grounded for insensitivity to other people's feelings, and informed he was a royal pain to the entire family.
My favourite child slammed doors in frustration, cried when she didn't think I saw her, withdrew and said she could not talk to me.
My favourite child always needed a haircut, had hair that wouldn't curl, had no date for Saturday night, and a car that cost $600 to fix.
My favourite child was selfish, immature, bad-tempered and self-centered. He was vulnerable, lonely, unsure of what he was doing in the world -- quite wonderful.
All mothers have their favourite child. It is always the same one: the one who needs you at the moment. Who need you for whatever reason -- to cling to, to shout at, to hurt, to hug, to flatter, to reverse charges to, to unload on -- but mostly just to be there.
author "Erma Bombeck"
Mothers, we here at NSCF absolutely respect and support your role as a mother and grandmother. May God give you great encouragement and enrichment in fulfilling your responsibility.
Very Sincerely
Pastor John Giesbrect
