By Charlene M Brown
Sometimes the women closest to us are not our mothers, yet they’ve mothered us just the same.
They might be our best friend’s mom, an aunt, or maybe even a college professor or elementary school teacher. Whoever they are, they have provided some mothering at some point in our lives!
I work with teenagers and at some point many of them accidentally call me “Mom.” I mostly take this as a compliment (mostly! 
), glad that they view me positively. Coincidentally, I am often asking them to do something a second time (read, “nagging” them).
Perhaps you don’t get along so well with your mother so you’ve turned to other women for support and guidance. Or maybe you do have a good relationship with Mom, but just need an outside perspective.
Mothers, whoever they may be to you, are the backbone of most societies. In most cultures, women are the ones responsible for the running of the household, the raising of the children, the feeding of the family.
What would we do if not for these everyday acts of courage of doing what needs to be done to make sure the family is taken care of!?
We would perish!
No matter who your “mothers” are, make sure you tell them “Thank You! for being wonderful!” They need to hear that too, maybe more than everyone else.
Mother’s, whatever shape they come in, are pillars of strength and true beauty.
So go make that phone call, send that card, make that lunch appointment with the women you call mothers. Send them some roses or fresh made bread or a basket of fruit—do something to let them know you are thinking about them and grateful for their womanliness!
It doesn’t have to be a large gesture-just something so that they know you care.
Stevie Wonder’s song, “I Just Called To Say I Love You” always does the trick for me! Every time I hear that song, I get all warm and fuzzy and want to call everyone I know to say a big old “I Love You!” So go find that song and listen to it, then call all your mothers and let ‘em know how much you care!
Do You Love Your Life Now!? I Do! (Because I have been surrounded by women of beauty, strength, courage and grace who have all mothered me and I am grateful!)
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- Mothers Really Do Have Favorites!
- Little Things That Will Delight Your Mother!
- The Big Switcheroo!
- HerStory: Gaining Woman’s Wisdom!
- True Beauty: Finding It In The Every Day!
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