The Perfect Mother

Today, Mother's Day, I'm going to blog about the perfect mother.

Most mothers, both real and fictional, are not perfect; they

make mistakes from time to time.  Not even Mrs. March

in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women was perfect.

The following is taken from one of my older posts:

Remember the chapter called "Jo Meets Apollyon," where
Amy burned the book Jo had worked on for several years
because Jo wouldn't let her come to the theater with her 
and Meg and Laurie?

Jo was, of course, furious with Amy... just as I would have been,
 just as almost anybody would have been.

But how did Mrs. March, Marmee, handle the situation?
"Mrs. March came home, and, having heard the story, 
soon brought Amy to a sense of the wrong she had done her sister."
That's it.  We never find out just how she "brought Amy to a
sense of the wrong she had done her sister."  We never learn
what Marmee said to Amy.

Mrs. March, in fact, seemed much more concerned about Jo's very
 understandable anger than about Amy's deliberate, vindictive 
destruction of Jo's property.

If I were a mother, I'm sure that I would not be perfect either.
For example, I might scold or punish a child undeservedly, or

too severely.  On the other hand, I might "look the other way"

when I ought to exercise some parental discipline.

In all the history of the world, there has been only one perfect Mother.

Books Read In The Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with  a #

Books, (except Sunday books) are grouped by author, and not necessarily in the order read.

Sunday book(s)

"A Family on Wheels:

Further Adventures of the
Trapp Family Singers" #

by Maria Augusta von Trapp

[autobiography]

"Hill of Little Miracles"
by Valenti Angelo

[children's fiction]

(a secular book, but with

enough Catholic elements

to make it suitable for my Sunday

reading. In fact, this had more Catholic
elements than another book that I read
a few Sundays ago.)

"St. Francis of Assisi"

by G. K. Chesterton

[biography]

Weekday Books

"Make a Wish For Me"

{carried over from last week}
"Happy Birthday, Dear Beany"
"The More, The Merrier"
{carrying over into next week}

by Lenora Mattingly Weber

[YA fiction]

"Winona's Pony Cart"
by Maud Hart Lovelace
[children's fiction]

"Meet the Friends" #

by Sharla Scannell Whalen

[children's fiction]

(openlibrary.org loan)

"May Flowers" #

by Louisa May Alcott

[fiction, novella]

(free online book)

"The Little House"

by Virginia Lee Burton

[picture book]

(openlibrary.org loan)

"Land of the Whatsit"

by Billy and Betty White
pseudonym of Charles Dexter Morris

[children's fiction]

From a description on abebooks.com

A "writing out in story form" of some of the humorous adventures (adventures "found on our front doorstep and in our back yard") of Billy and Betty, two children who supposedly published an amateur newspaper, adventures which originally appeared on a radio program with the same title as this book. The Whatsit became a four page cartoon insert in 'True Story' magazine and eventually an immensely popular miniature newspaper "by children for children" which reached a subscription level of almost 4 million children. Also includes cartoons and illustrations by Joe Banks and humorous verse. 

"The Spell of The Northern Lights" #

by Lucy Johnston Sypher

[children's fiction, based on

the author's life]

A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays

"The Imitation of Christ"

by Thomas A Kempis

[Kindle book]

I Dread Tomorrow

Soon after I post this, I will begin my Sunday observance.  I usually look forward to Sunday... my favorite day of the week...

but I dread this coming Sunday, and for a reason I haven't blogged about... haven't wanted to blog about... haven't been

able to blog about.

On Easter Sunday, at about 2:00 PM, Kathryn and Paul knocked on my door and said they had to talk to me.  I opened the door and Kathryn told me that Mom had passed away.
One thing I thank God for is that Mom didn't linger the way Baba did.  I remember watching Baba suffer for almost a year... and watching Mom watching her mother suffer.
This will be the first Mother's Day that I won't see Mom, or at least talk to her on the phone.
Every Rosary I pray now includes a petition for the repose of Mom's soul.  

Books Read In the Past Week

Books read for the first time are marked with  a #

Books, (except Sunday books) are grouped by author, and not necessarily in the order read.

Sunday book(s)

"In A Great Tradition

Tribute to Dame Laurentia McLachlan,
Abbess of Stanbrook"
by The Benedictines of Stanbrook
( Rumer Godden wrote in "In This House of Brede": 
"All of the characters
in this book are imaginary, but many of the episodes
are based on fact; some are taken from the life and
sayings of Dame Laurentia McLachlan and Sister Mary
Ann McArdle of Stanbrook Abbey.")
I recognized some of the incidents.

"A Family on Wheels:

Further Adventures of the
Trapp Family Singers" #

by Maria Augusta von Trapp

[autobiography]

Weekday Books

"Understanding Kim"
by Pelagie Doane
[children's fiction]
I loved this when I was a little girl, and
I was very thankful to find an affordable
copy.

{carried over from last week}

"Beany and the Beckoning Road"
"Beany  Has a Secret Life"
"Make a Wish For Me"
{carrying over into next week}
by Lenora Mattingly Weber
[YA fiction]

"Sorry I'm Not Sorry #

An Honest Look at Bullying

From the Bully"

by Nancy Rue

[children's/young teens' fiction,

Christian (Protestant) 

Mean Girls Makeover Series) ]

(Kindle book]

"May I Bring A Friend?" #
by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers
[picture book]
(openlibrary.org loan)

"The Home Has A Heart"

by Thyra Ferre Bjorn

[non-fiction; Christian (Protestant) themes, recipes, 

anecdotes]

(May chapter only)

A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays

"The Imitation of Christ"

by Thomas A Kempis

[Kindle book]

Combining Two Things I Love

It has been very well established on this blog that I love

clubs.  I believe I've also mentioned that I love old-time

radio shows.  Well, I've just joined

I know that it says Mystery Theater, but there are many genres.

I expect to have hours and hours of listening pleasure.

Obama Does it Again!!!

We don't have a President... we have a dictator.

Heil Obama!

My Very First Club

I recently realized that I've never blogged about the first club

I ever had. Well, now I'm going to share everything I remember

about it....which, admittedly, is not very much.

You see, I was very, very young at the time... not even six years old, and maybe not even five.

I don't remember the name or the purpose of the club after all

these years, but I do remember having regular meetings.

I've forgotten whether the club had any colors or other symbols; probably not. I'm almost positive that there was

no club song.

I was the one who formed the club, and I was the President.
And who were the other club members?

My imaginary friends!