A mother doesn’t have to give birth. A mother only has to love with absolute certainty. A mother’s love knows no bounds. A mother is the person you want to take care of you when you are sick. A mother is the one whose kiss can cure any boo boo. When a mother says “Sit down, we are about to have church.”, you wish you could melt into the floor. A mother has the most natural instinct, not only to protect her own, but anyone else’s too. A mother hurts just as bad as her child hurts. A mother goes to great lengths to ensure her children are happy, only so her heart can warm as they smile. A mother toils all day to bake a ham, just for you. A mother has automatic reaction while driving to throw a hand up over the passenger seat if the brakes are applied suddenly. A mother is not necessarily the one who gave birth to you. A mother is not connected by blood, but by soul. The trust a child has in a mother is bold and strong. A mother must work hard to achieve that trust and work even harder to contain it. A mother would suffer the most horrible pain, so that a child has to feel not one, solitary ounce of it. A mother would not allow someone to abuse her child…she would commit terrible hate crimes against anyone who tried. If her child of soul is in need a mother would sell her soul to the grips of hell to obtain whatever is needed. A mother will not accept no for an answer. A mother does whatever it takes. Some mother’s who gave birth should never have done so in the first place. That is why there are so many mothers. So, if, by luck of the draw, you get a regular ol’ woman, you can go pick yourself a new one. Some say it takes a village to raise a child. I say it only takes a few good mothers. It is a mother’s right to get frustrated at times, but it doesn’t matter how mad or aggravated she is, the unwaivering love never goes away. When a mother is laying the smack down, and the lip puckers, the smack goes down the drain (Ok, so maybe I am a weenie). There are a handful of mothers that I turn to when I am confused…and their word, to me, is more powerful than what any doctor could tell me. I heard recently that home is where they catch you. You best believe if someone is doing the catching, she is a mother. Mothers are the best diplomats in the world. They are also teachers of infinite knowledge. You know, a mother always knows best. I agree with Sally Field…If this world were ran by mothers, there wouldn’t be any wars. President George W. , Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong II would be sitting on the couch, an arm around the one sitting next to him, holding hands for 15 minutes, and once allowed to get up, they must give each other a kiss. I know that the greatest love of all is a mother’s love.