Life, actually…
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A TOAST TO MOTHERS THIS DAY AND EVERY DAY
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It is impossible for me not to think about mothers every now and then.
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My mother jump-started me and prepared me for leaving the nest and flying away to life and love and all the sadnesses and joys that followed. I still follow the flight path she structured.
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It is impossible not to think about all the other mothers of the world, past, present, future.
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Every kind of mother floats around in fond memory.
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I raise my cup of cheer and toast them all.
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Motherless mothers
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Mothers who lose their children
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Mothers whose children have been taken from them
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Mothers of mothers
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Absentee mothers
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Mysterious mothers
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Mothers who are always there
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Stepmothers
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Dismissive mothers
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Dismissed mothers
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Mothers in treatment
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Invisible mothers
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Foster mothers
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Frosty mothers
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Mothers who comfort
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Cool mothers
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Adoptive mothers
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Adopted mothers-to-be
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Mothers in name only
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Clueless mothers
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Clued-in mothers
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As-you-wish mothers
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Clumsy mothers
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Stylish mothers
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Freewill mothers
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Mothers unbroken
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Mothers we wish we had known better
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Mothers we know only too well
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Highfalutin’ mothers
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Humble mothers
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Welfare mothers
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Imprisoned mothers
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Hugging mothers
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Distant mothers
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Dream mothers
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Dreamy mothers
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Mothers we would give anything to see again
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Creative mothers
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Mothers who do what they can do, just for us
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Brilliant mothers
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Caretaker mothers
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Sacrificing mothers
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Storybook mothers
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Protective mothers
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Hovering mothers
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Biological mothers
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Test-tube mothers
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Guardian mothers
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Imaginary mothers
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Only-in-their-imagination mothers
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Good-pal mothers
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Uplifting mothers
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Grandmothers
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Great grandmothers
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Grand mothers
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Grand grandmothers
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Foster mothers
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Surrogate mothers
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Stand-in mothers
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Well-meaning mothers
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Wanna-be mothers
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To-be mothers
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Brand-new mothers
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Long-gone mothers
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Faraway mothers
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Gentle mothers
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Good example mothers
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Gay mothers
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Straight mothers
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Not-quite-sure mothers
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Trans mothers
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Black mothers
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Brown mothers
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Pale pink mothers
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Mothers of all colors and stripes
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Pasty complexioned mothers
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Mothers we wish we had
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Mothers we wish we had back
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Men who fill in as mothers
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Wartime mothers
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Wounded mothers
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Handicapped mothers
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Mothers out on bail
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Disenfranchised mothers
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Hospitalized mothers
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Mothers in nursing homes
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Mothers who take the time
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In a way, I love them all, these mothers. Mainly because we never appreciate them enough. Mainly because they never feel they give enough.
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I just want these mothers to know that I thought about them for a few special moments, that I wish them well for all they’ve done or hope to do for us, their babies old and young
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© Jim Reed 2022 A.D.
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