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An Ode to Mother

I found this taped to my Mom's office PC monitor:

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a little better place than we found it, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life breathed easier because you lived. This is to have succeeded." - Bessie Anderson Stanley

My Mom has done all this except leave the world (knock on wood). How could any compare?

Oh, wait, I'm not a healthy child! =P

posted by Calai @ 6:54 PM