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Welcome
to the Mother
of the Year
2003 Essay
Contest
sponsored by
the Little
Dragon Castle.
Voting
by all of our
visitors
resulted in
this years
award of the
Mother of the
Year to:
All of
the essays
submitted this
year are
outstanding
and brought a
tear to the
eye and a lump
to the throat
as we read
through them.
Susan
submitted the
essay selected
by our
visitors for
this award.
Congratulations
Susan.
All of the
essays are
found on next
page.
Please click
the next
button and be
prepared to
read beautiful
essays from
some wonderful
people about
their
Mother's.
The Mother of
the Year for
2003.
Rather
than try to
tell you what
we found in
the essays
submitted we
believe the
description
sent to us by
Free Spirit
(Jen)
describes
Mother so well
that we wanted
to share it
once again.
Thank you Jen
!
What
makes a good
Mother anyway?
Is it
patience?
Compassion?
Broad hips?
The ability to
nurse a baby,
cook dinner,
and sew a
button on a
shirt, all at
the same time?
Or is it
the heart? Is
it the ache
you feel when
you watch your
son or
daughter
disappear down
the street,
walking to
school alone
for the very
first time?
Or the
terror in your
heart at 1 AM
when your
teenager with
the new
driver's
license is an
hour late
getting home.
The jolt
that takes you
from sleep to
dread, from
bed to crib at
2 A.M. to put
your hand on
the back of a
sleeping baby?
Or to feel the
dull ache as
you look in on
your sleeping
daughter or
son the night
before they
leave for a
college in
another city.
The need
to flee from
wherever you
are and hug
your child
when you hear
news of a
fire, a car
accident, a
child dying?
For all
the mothers of
the victims of
all the school
shootings, and
the mothers of
those who did
the shooting.
For the
mothers of the
survivors, and
the mothers
who sat in
front of their
TVs in horror,
hugging their
child who just
came home from
school,
safely.
This is
for mothers
who have
tearfully
placed flowers
and teddy
bears on their
children's
graves. Whose
children have
died from
illness,
accidents and
the worst of
all and
hardest to
comprehend,
suicides.
This is
for young
mothers
stumbling
through diaper
changes and
sleep
deprivation.
And
mature mothers
who have
learned and
are still
learning, to
let go.
For
working
mothers and
stay-at-home
mothers.
Single
mothers and
married
mothers.
Grandmothers
whose wisdom
and love
remains a
constant for
their grown
children and
their
children's
children.
For
Mothers with
money, and
Mothers
without.
This
is for all of
you
Happy
Mother's Day
From the
Little Dragon
Castle
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