A little boy watched, fascinated, as his mother gently rubbed cold cream on her face. “Why are you rubbing cold cream on your face, mommy?” he asked.

“To make myself beautiful,” said his mother.

A few minutes later, she began removing the cream with a tissue. “What’s the matter?” he asked. “Are you giving up?”

Welcome on this Mother’s Day. It’s not easy being a Mom. Those of you who have children know it’s not easy, regardless of their age.

One Mom says that she’s going to try something different next summer with their dog and with their kids. Next summer, she says, she’s sending the dog to camp and the kids to obedience school.

That wonderful writer Erma Bombeck once said, “What mother has never fallen on her knees when she has gone into her son’s bedroom and prayed, ‘Please, God, no…