A Month to Honour Mothers

The Rev Dr Marc Jerry

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Grace to you and peace!

There is a humourous story of a young father, with his four-year old daughter, who was sent to do a little grocery shopping. When they got to the store, the little one was enjoying having an outing with her father.  As they entered the store, the Dad, who was somewhat pleased with himself to be able to help out with the groceries, picked up a cart and headed to the first aisle in the store.  The little girl, not to be unnerved by a change in routine says to her Dad: “Daddy, that’s not how mom does the shopping, she usually starts in the aisle with the vegetables.”  “Oh, ok...,” says the Dad. So they head over to the aisle with the vegetables, and the father begins to select some fruit.  “That’s not how Mom picks fruit.” “Oh” says the Dad, getting a little more agitated by the criticism. “Ok, he said – maybe we’ll just do it Dad’s way today, ok?” “Ok,” replied the little one, who went back to humming her favourite song, pushing the cart, and helping her Dad with the groceries.  Read More