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'Do you have a mother?'
I’ve been asked all of these questions, and many more, during my career as a preschool teacher, but this last question—Do you have a mother?—was posed to me just days after my mom had passed away. Even so, my immediate answer was a definite, “Yes.”
After school that day, I thought back over my student’s innocent question and my affirmative reply. Had I told the truth to this little one? Yes, of course, I reasoned. My mom had passed on, but I did not feel for one minute that I had been deprived of my Mother.
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About the author
Lynne Cook teaches preschool and lives in Brookeville, Maryland.
May 7, 2012 issue
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Letters
Suz Goewert, Betsy Barber, Andrew Wilson
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Mother's Day every day
Dorothy Estes, Editor
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Mom with us
Norm Bleichman
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'Do you have a mother?'
Lynne Cook
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Father=Mother
Hugh Pendexter III
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Learning the language of Spirit
Brian Asher
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You are always loved
Rod Savoye
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100% Natural
Mary Julia Kephart
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Embrace a higher view
Stephanie Johnson
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'Things into thoughts'
Ruth Truscott
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I overcame shyness
Kim Fernandes Donadelli
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You're not invisible!
By Mark
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'I had found what I was searching for'
Kaśka Michaëlis
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A vibrant, active testimony meeting
Hannah Mensing
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Class instruction: a life changer
Rosemary Denson Miller
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In the wake of a shooting, how can we pray?
Melanie Ball
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'From glory to glory'
Michael Hamilton
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Cherry blossom time
Helen Eddy
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Healthy and active on a family trip
Robert Bates
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Lump in breast healed
Linda Ross
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Hip and leg pain healed
Vicki Knickerbocker
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With your whole heart
The Editors