Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you've had a baby
somebody doesn't know that once you're a mother, "Normal," is history.

Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by instinct
somebody never took a three-year-old shopping.

Somebody said being a mother is boring
somebody never rode in a car driven by a teenager with a driver's permit.

Somebody said if you're a "good" mother, your child will "turn out good"
somebody thinks a child comes with directions and a guarantee.

Somebody said "good" mothers never raise their voices
somebody never came out the back door just in time to see her child hit a golf ball through the neighbor's kitchen window.

Somebody said you don't need an education to be a mother
somebody never helped a fourth grader with her math.

Somebody said a mother can find all the answers to her child-rearing questions in the books
somebody never had a child stuff beans up his nose or in his ears.

Somebody said the hardest part of being a mother is labor and delivery
somebody never watched her "baby" get on the bus for the first day of kindergarten….or on a plane headed for military duty abroad.

Somebody said a mother can do her job with her eyes closed and one hand tied behind her back
somebody never organized four giggling Brownies to sell cookies.

Somebody said a mother's job is done when her last child leaves home
somebody never had grandchildren.

Somebody said your mother knows you love her, so you don't need to tell her
somebody isn't a mother.

- collected via The Internet

Karen & Kathy would like to thank you for your donations of animal pictures.  They now need help in collecting half-gallon size ice cream lids.  This too is for a VBS project, so, for the sake of the kids, eat up!

The Christian Service Center is in need for some things that you may be able to provide for them.  They need towels, pots & pans, box fans, and men’s jeans size 30-32.  Please see the bulletin board in front of the church office for more information.

The Children’s Ministry is having a Zoo Day on Saturday!  If you would like to go, please be at the church at 10:00am.

The new May church-wide calendars are out and on the table in the foyer.

Due to today being Mother’s Day, the potluck lunch for this month was cancelled.

There will be a Deacon’s Meeting today at 3:30.

There will be a short meeting tonight after services in room 19 for the hostesses of the Womack baby shower.  Please see Julie Bailey for more details.

STATISTICS FOR MAY 1, 2005