Dictionary for Moms

A Mother's Dictionary in honor of all you moms out there...


patience - a character quality which young children instinctively aim to develop in those around them

family trees - generally tend to produce a variety of nuts

experience - what we call the result of our mistakes

problems - psychiatrists tell us that talking solves these (it also seems to cause them)

answers - what we have for other people's problems

worry - something that keeps more people awake than coffee

conclusion - something you arrive at when you are tired of thinking

future  - a time to schedule all your work

yesterday  - when you needed to finish your work

clear conscience  - often the sign of a bad memory

diplomacy  - the art of letting someone else get your way

jacket  - something children wear when their mother feels cold

bad day  - when the only thing that goes off as planned was your alarm clock

home - a place where you are free to say what you think and no one listens

flashlight  - a container used to store dead batteries 

11 minutes - that time of day when all the laundry is completed

maybe - a mother's answer when she's not listening to the question

temper - what you cannot be rid of by losing it

opinion - something others can have as long as it's the same as yours

optimist - a husband who thinks "just a minute" means 60 seconds when his wife is getting dressed to go somewhere

vacation - something that begins with children asking "Are we there yet?"

reality - what you see while NOT watching a TV reality show

mother - a woman whose heart walks around outside her own body

grace - what we don't deserve but all need

A cheerful heart is good medicine....Proverbs 17:22

(credit to "Making Brothers and Sisters Best Friends" from which I adapted some of these definitions: this is a great book for those of you who have multiple children)