Rev. Dicky Love tells the story of an overworked mother of three active young boys who was playing in the yard with her boys one afternoon when her neighbor came by to borrow a cup of sugar. One of her boys aimed his play pistol at his mother and yelled, "Bang! You're dead!"

Mom acted the part perfectly. She took the shot, groaned, "You got me." Then she spun and fell to the ground. When she fell to the ground, she didn't get up. Her neighbor waited for her to get up. But Mom didn't get up, so the concerned neighbor rushed over to see if maybe she was hurt from the fall.

As the neighbor bent over, the mother opened one eye and whispered, "Shhhhhh. Please don't give me away. This is the only chance I ever get to rest." (1)

Being a Mom is hard work. Being a parent is hard work because the…