Subject: MOMS AND REAL WOMEN

Moms
  Real Mothers. . . .
  Real Mothers don't eat quiche; they don't have time to make it
  Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the 
  sandbox.
  Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids.
  Real Mothers know that dried playdough doesn't come out of shag
  carpets.
  Real Mothers don't want to know what the vacuum just sucked up.
  Real Mothers sometimes ask "why me?" and get their answer when a
  little voice says, "because I love you best."
  Real Mothers know that a child's growth is not measured by height or
  years or grade... It is marked by the progression of Mama to Mommy to
  Mom...

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  The Images of Mother

      4 YEARS OF AGE ~ My Mommy can do anything!
      8 YEARS OF AGE ~ My Mom knows a lot! A whole lot!
      12 YEARS OF AGE ~ My Mother doesn't know quite everything!
      14 YEARS OF AGE ~ Naturally, Mother doesn't know that either!
      16 YEARS OF AGE ~ Mother? She's hopelessly old-fashioned
      18 YEARS OF AGE ~ That old woman? She's way out of date!
      25 YEARS OF AGE ~ Well, she might know a little bit about it.
      35 YEARS OF AGE ~ Before we decide, let's get Mom's opinion.
      45 YEARS OF AGE ~ Wonder what Mom would have thought about it?
      65 YEARS OF AGE ~ Wish I could talk it over with Mom

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      The beauty of a woman
      Is not in the clothes she wears,
      The figure that she carries,
      Or the way she combs her hair.
      The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes,
      Because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love
      resides.
      The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole,
      But true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.
      It is the caring that she lovingly gives,
      The passion that she shows,
      And the beauty of a woman
      With passing years-only grows!

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     This is in honor of Women's History Month:
     Did you know... There are 3 BILLION women who don't look like
     supermodels ... and only 8 who do?
     Marilyn Monroe wore a size 12.
     If Barbie were a real woman, she'd have to walk on all fours due
     her proportions.
     The average American woman weighs 144 lb. and wears between a
     size12 and 14.
     If shop mannequins were real women, they'd be too thin
     to menstruate.
     One out of every 4 college aged women has an eating disorder.
     The models in the magazines are airbrushed-they're not perfect!!
     A psychological study in 1995 found that 3 minutes spent looking
     at models in a fashion magazine caused 70% of women to feel
     depressed, guilty and shameful.
     Models who twenty years ago weighed 8% less than the average
     woman,today weigh 23% less.

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     An English professor wrote the words, "Woman without her man is
     nothing," on the blackboard and directed the students to
     punctuate it correctly.
     The men wrote: "Woman, without her man, is nothing."
     The women wrote: "Woman! Without her, man is nothing."

     Please send this to 5 phenomenal women today in celebration of
     Women's History Month. If you don't, nothing bad will happen, but
     if you do, something good will: you will boost someone's self-esteem!