[nfb-talk] Happy Mother's Day

[Sherri]

That's really nice. Thanks for the quotes and for the warm wishes. My mom 
has been gone for 9 years and I too wish I could just call her on the phone. 
Happy mothers' day to all.
Sherri
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael D. Barber" <m.barber at mchsi.com>
To: <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 10:21 AM
Subject: [nfb-talk] Happy Mother's Day


>I wanted to take this opportunity to wish all our Federation ladies a very
> happy and blessed Mother's Day.  Mother's certainly have a very special
> place in our hearts.  My mother has been gone for 18 years, but I still 
> miss
> her a lot.  I often find myself wishing I could pick up the phone and call
> her just to say hello.
>
> Abraham Lincoln, the 16th U.S. President, held mothers in very high 
> esteem.
> He said, "I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother."
>
> Of mothers, Washington Irving  said, "A mother is the truest friend we 
> have,
> when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place
> of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us;
> when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor 
> by
> her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and
> cause peace to return to our hearts."
>
> And don't forget that Julia Ward Howe initiated "Mother's Day for Peace"
> with her Proclamation to Congress in 1908.  Her husband was Samuel Gridley
> Howe, that dude who started Perkins School for the Blind and Howe Press.
> That's where we get all our braillers today!
>
> I wish you all a very happy mother's day.  If your mom is still living, do
> something very special for her today!
>
> Cordially,
> Michael D. Barber, President
> National Federation of the Blind of Iowa
>
>
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