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Mothers are made, not born! Not every woman can be a mother. Not every woman who gives birth to a child is truly a mother. She may be the "incubator", but motherhood means much more than just carrying an embryo to maturity. So what, exactly, is a MOTHER?

Most mothers do become mothers when their child is born. In fact, many become mothers as soon as they realize they are pregnant. Some become mothers during the time they are waiting for the child to be born. And some have to "grow into" motherhood after the birth of the child. It all depends on the woman and her feelings about the baby that is being developed inside her body.

A woman who is excited about the news that she is pregnant, and who begins to actively anticipate the arrival of the child she is carrying, is already a mother. She has already become someone who will take care of the child and cherish him or her, doing all in her power to make sure that child is loved and knows it. She will plan for the arrival of the child, and will likely even rearrange her entire home and life to accommodate the child when she brings him/her home. She will take special care of her own body, in order to make sure the developing embryo has what it needs to develop properly.

When the baby arrives, a true mother will immediately begin taking care of him/her, as soon as possible. Sometimes, that won't be for a while, because the baby may have special needs that the mother couldn't anticipate, but she will still do as much for the baby as possible. Turning the baby over to someone she doesn't know and/or trust would be totally out of the question for her!

So a Mother is a very special person. She is the person most of us call Mother, Mom, Mommy, or other such names. Mine was called Mother, but the two women who gave me unconditional love, even though I was not born to them, I called Mom and Maw. Those two women were my mothers-in-law, and I felt closer to them than I felt toward the woman I called Mother all my life. Both immediately accepted me, even before I married their respective sons, and Mom continued to love and accept me even after I divorced her son, my first husband. To those two ladies, I give the honorable name of MOTHER!

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