"I love my mother as the trees love water and sunshine - she helps me grow, prosper, and reach great heights.
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You know what
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Knowledge is KEY!
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Greetings!
April showers bring May flowers. It also brings Mother's Day. So everyone shower their Mother with flowers on this special day! This month's newsletter is dedicated to all the mothers of the world. My mother passed away two years ago and I still love, honor and respect her every day. Happy Mother's Day Mom!!
Last month Pat Summitt retired as the head women's basketball coach at the University of Tennessee. Her teams won 1096 games, 8 National Championships and had a winning percentage of .840!! Well known basketball TV announcer Dick Vitale said, "She was the best in college basketball, men's or women's. In fact, she was one of the greatest coaches of all time in any sport." I couldn't agree more. Fittingly, President Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor.
Michael O'Bryan
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What's Your Mom Worth?
At Salary.com, the arithmetic is based on the time and value of all the various jobs moms take on, including laundry-machine operator, janitor, van driver, cook, facilities manager, psychologist and CEO (of the entire household). The results show that stay-at-home moms put in one honey of a workweek: 94.7 hours. After factoring in duties and corresponding approximate wages ($36.85 hourly for the "psychologist" role, $13.11 for "cook" responsibilities), a stay-at-home mother is worth an average of $17.80 per hour, or $112,962 annually. |
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US Census Data Reveals more Mr. Mom's
Nearly a third of American fathers with working wives stay at home at least one day each week to care for children, a new analysis of 2010 U.S. census data has found. Twenty percent of fathers with children under age 5 are the primary child caretakers in their family.
With wages at a stand still and child care costs skyrocketing, there is a growing number of dads who are staying home with the kids. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, men were particularly hard hit by the steep job losses, losing 4 million jobs since 2007, while women lost just over 2 million during the same time period. |
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Mother-Child Bonding Period
What one country calls "Mother-Child Bonding Period," we call Maternity Leave. The custom of paid maternity leave varies greatly among countries:
Canada Working moms get a year long leave after they have a baby, and receive 55 percent of their salary during that year 
Austria Pregnant women get eight weeks off before and
after the birth of their baby, and receive a full salary
Estonia A generous 455 calendar days with 100% salary compensation
Cuba Moms get six months maternity leave, with full salary
Sweden Both Parents receive over a year of leave and other benefits, and they can share the time off, with each parent taking half the time off to be with the child. If either parent wants to work half-time, they can extend their benefits even longer
Bulgaria Bulgarian mamas are, by far, the most pampered ladies on the leave scale; not only do employed moms-to-be receive 45 days of fully paid leave before their babies arrive, they receive two full years of paid leave once they've given birth. Oh, and they also have the option of tacking on an additional year of unpaid leave before they return to their jobs-which will patiently await their return for 3+ years! |
Giggle Just in time for Mother's Day.
Your Biggest Fan While waiting in a bookstore for a  guest author to sign her latest book, I leafed through some of the Civil War novels she had written. The woman in line behind me commented, "Those are the best books I've ever read. I couldn't put them down." Before I could reply, the author looked over and said, "Oh, cut it out, Mom!"
DIY, but Mom's Way While assembling furniture, my friend Debbie asked her roommate's five-year-old son to bring her a screwdriver. "Do you want a 'Daddy' screwdriver or a 'Mommy' screwdriver?" the little boy asked. Confused but preoccupied, Debbie absent mindedly said, "Bring me a 'Mommy' screwdriver." The child came back and handed her a butter knife.
We have new Babies
For weeks a six-year old lad kept telling his first-grade teacher about the baby brother or sister that was expected at his house. One day the mother allowed the boy to feel the movements of the unborn child. The six-year old was obviously impressed, but made no comment. Furthermore, he stopped telling his teacher about the impending event. The teacher finally sat the boy on her lap and said, "Tommy, whatever has become of that baby brother or sister you were expecting at home?" Tommy burst into tears and confessed, "I think Mommy ate it!" |
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