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Mr. • it is the .. \• I Wm\A' .• , The Most Wonderful Thirig In The Whole World What Being'A.Mother Really Means '\ OSWEGO - Motherhood for me feel, shall we. say, \mature\. began more than four years ago. with the ·--~Tow quiCkly-time passes. I realize that birth of my first child, Jessica. and was we are not preparing for her high school reinforced with theseconda.ddition to our graduation -although the year of that family, Margaux, 17 months ago. event was posted ~roughout the confer- Motherhood is all that . I thought it ence area in which we weie seated. would be, a)ldmuch more.t\nd by more, I It seems like only yesterday that I was mean to both extremes. holding her hand as she learned to walk, Thll love that you share with, a child is enclosing her fmgers around a ~poott as .b~y,om.t an-y other. .emotion lima w e>-f. Tbe she lel\l'lled to eat, aq_dlistening to he~ as pure joy of sharing life-With the vr;;;ry she began speals:. The same things I am essence of life itself. experiencing with my youngest daughter Sometimes my emotions run so deep now.· that as I rock my baby to sleep at night, I 'How she had grown in such a shon find myself crying. But its not a ciy of time! The helpless, totally dependent sadness, its just the feeling of being baby I held in my arms such a short time • fulfilled. Of being able to love and to be ago is turning into a self-confident, loved back. i'lt~1!igent, and independent little girl. -Ana irs the feeling 1· get ·when I teach And I realized how much I still had to · my oldest daughter a new song and she teach her. It wasn't just the alaphbet and proudly its to her father when be learning how to count. It only : \Yhen she ~tee yearj : ho.w. tu tk her. shoe~. Being a mother is the feeling of b~ing · needed' When your child· getS a scratch or a · bruse, and only a mother's kiss can make .:: . .iL.filcl..he.tter... ----- - ----- --· - But just as the love and the happiness ~jhat chil.dren.b~ feelings of doubt and despair. And I wonder, will I really be able to do the best . by my children. our 4'h -year-old.daughter to kindergw- even time. It has so much more to do with her inner-self. How to accept herself'as she is · and that it will 'be alri.ght if slle isn't tlw ~ost intelligent child in her class - as long as she tries; that being fi!'Sl is OK~ _ _!l\!!_ finishing what you begin is wh~ imporlant; that winning is a great mfuig· ~but.Ioosmgis a~am\.1$ - ~....r==-.... fact that making mistakes is alright. as long as we learn from them. And m·, ost umpo1rtantly, treat to treat. • ~- ·/ - _L~ \Sesame ·(Emilio D!!lgado) introduce - t_en. orientation, tjle impact of parenti!lg hit harder than at any other moment in our parenting history. I realized how much I wanted for my childJen - far more than I ever wanted for myself. takes alllhe.,strenglh· that llfave to gather up tbe courage to keep going. I have to remind myself that if our parents given up on our generation because they weren't sure of what was-in store for.us -.we ·would surely be in a sorry state IQday. kindergarten; -And I vowed-to<mjuy tlmr- ~~~~~.,...~~~ · After we left our da~ghter in -the kindergarten area. we attended-a presen- tation with the other parents of the . incoming class. As we sat and watched a video tape of the \typical day\ of a kindergarten stu- ' We don't have a perfect world to offer them .~ but. we weren 'l given a perfect world from our parents, nor did they receive one from the previous generation. Sometime$ I have to look deep in to myself, into my faith in the future. And it I looked at my 17-month-old daughter and I smiled at the thought of what lies ahead for her, just until she begins time. even more, if possible, than I did . with my oldest child. I guess all we can teach tht;m is how to -accept what the}' have.- -but never stop dreaming of what they can be. And I still believe that being a mother is the most wonderful thing in the whole world. · '---------Mo.tbe_r!_s_D__a_~lates_:_A Gift_Fit F1l~_Royalt~. Mom deserves royal t reaiment o~ ~·painting fo~ Prince Charles and Pri'ncess founder and president of Mary Kay Cos- Mother's Day, and one way to make her.· Diana. metics. has designed theatrical set..,, illustrated chi Wren's books and served· as art direc- tor for a leading Brili~h .womeR·, maga- zine. ~ feel like a queen is to give her a gift of She was...n:cognized.again..wben she. - --BQm-30 miles outside of London iR limited-edition art~ork by Srenda was selected to do a painting·in honor of Farnham, I;ngland, Burke knew at the Burke·. Prince Wjlliam, the pewborn ~eir t() the age of 'three that she wanted to be a But:ke is a renown_eQ ~.d!i~l\.~grtrait. !~Jone. !i~~ .IJ19~t.r~~~l!t}9yal J>•<liD\hl& • p!IJ.ntel- li~r. father. a11. !\Utom_otive de- artist'Wh'o\has repeateclly been Se!C'Cted ·was in connection Willi Pnncess Diana's signer and a .~ifted ·anist, was\ her first to 'create paintings for England'~ royal 21st binhday celebration. teacner,.encounigfng hl{r early interest in . family: ·Herwork-ts-no-w-avaj·labte----Burke-is· a member of the-Royal Soci- art. through a new series of limited'edition ety of Miniature Paint¢rs and. the presti- She received her formal instruction at In addition. she is an ex()ert 'culptnr, clothing-designer and doll \makiir. Her other accomplishments include wood- · block printing and lace-making>· Mathey's Day plates bcing, produced by _.&ious 700-year-old London Guild of Farnham College of Art, where she stud- Considered an exper~ in the Iauer, she w.s. George China. - Pamters &Stamers::----- . . i.eil tinilerTiiefiimoiisEnglisli palruer -often i~corporatestace-i~m--herpaintings Ca!Jed 77re Bonds of Love, the annual · Her paintings are on permanent ex- Rowland Hilder and received a National and ha.s developed a spectal techmque for . serie' begins with \Prc:;cious !?mbrac~,\ hibit in the guild's \Court of Honor,\ and Diploma in pesign. · . . captu~m!lthe beauty of th1s transparent a plate which shows a .mother carrymg ·have been among a select group ofpalnt- An amazmgly versatile arttst, Burke matenal on canvas. her young daughter in \her arms <ttop a ' ings chosen for the annual private show- flower-filled hill .. Wearing h:andmade ing to Elizabeth. of daisies. and In to the i I I I of maternal love. Baron Edmund de Rothschild: Albert Broccoli, producer of the James Bond films; Empress Fara Diba, widow of the Shah of Iran: and Mary Kay Ashe, profc~sional relationship with the royal family dates l>ack to IC)Bl. when· she was chosen to create a wedding i\fiiA:Tffii-et TASTe CANOY ARRWGEMENTS FOR All O~ONS 343-5985 'We are featurin;J cfwtcfaU Swietlieart ~ses ani Cliocofate\ lru£ipsgift5o~ror'11i.is !Motlier's 'Day, a ani eftoant 'We afso offer a wit{e sefectitm uf: •Cofor/uf T'ins dl !MU9s . -.gourmet. fiUd gift 6ask§t.s e(:riy filii[-TalfoOti Woliqi.Ut.s -It has a nic~ ring t9 it. ,. Versatile ring designs from_/andstrom's. Plusp.~ants,_earrings anctmuch more. . ~ . .. 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But if you show the earlier roots. did look into it; you'd fino a history dating The Sanskrit word \mata\ points to the back at least six thousand years. origirral derivation of the stem \ma w The word has been with us in forms measure or to make. very similar to the current English· Jan- Indeed the word. mother bas long been . guagC\spetling-in-many-·differenreultures----t~Sed-as-a-synonym\-m-the -Englis!Fian·-- over the years. guage for origin or inspiration. For The Indo-European roots of mother, example, the phrase, \Neseccicy is the universarlly defined as the fell)alc parent mother of invention.\ of a child, have been traced by experts Mother as a noun. its lllllSt common back to before the fifth mi'llenium e.c. usage, is a familiar term of kinship- the Historical· linguists have reconstructed female parent. In more informal terms, . the Indo-European word as '.'ll):llcr .\The '.IC say mom, mommy. ma, marna. mum hyphen means the word e)ldmg. if any, or mummy. isn 'I known. As the verb mothered, we use the word ·Toseehowthatrootwordhassurvived to bear, give birth, beget. conceiVe, etc., the mil\eniums, one need only look at the as in \She mothered five children.\ We _ pJesent-day cognates, words that !oo~r ___ also_l!_se it~erb !D ~\'''-~\'l<'~--~- sound alike in d1ff~re11t languages. nursed, nurtured, cared fGil', etc., as in \He In English, we say mother. It is mothe.red his exotic violet collection.\ \mad~e\ in Spanish, \Mutter\ in German But more importantly on May 14, we and \mere\ in French. The ancient uses of will honor mothers- in all their fonns. ROBES•GOWNS• PJ'S · -'BRAS & GrRDL--es:- \.~ JEWELRY & HAND~.AGS !-) J A~ ~ - /< :· \ 1f_r- · ~~r f ~g 1 ·J--K~c ,\\} ~ fi':Ja~SHOES ·~~~ ,., J ·'!: , ~ -·r \l ( :-: ,··\ \ 17.99-39.99 ·-,' \\ ., ' - DRESS, CASUAL ) ' & ATHLETIC to $58 CONNIE, LA GEAR, LIFE STRIDE· \ JAZZ, REEBOK, ROCKPORT SOFT SPOTS 8c NURSEMATES .-' DRESSES 29.99- 39.99 JACKETS a COATS Vctues to $390 19.99-289. 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