Who is My Mother?

[540 words] Mother’s Day can be a challenge for many. After all, some mothers do not want to be mothers but are one anyway. Some mothers have aborted their babies and regret it and others have disowned their children and do not care. Some women want to be mothers but for one reason or another cannot be one. Sometimes a woman becomes a mother and loves being one very much, but sometimes children are taken away from them by circumstances beyond their control or a child is lost to an early death. Then there is the difficulty of children who want to honor their mother on Mother’s Day but because of abandonment, abuse, or even death this is not possible, because a mother is not there. This reminds me of little Johnny who was only 4 years old when he brought a baby chicken to his father’s study. The chick…