It is always a joy to have that extra hour in your life in the fall of the year when the time changes. Change. Yes. Change is a way of life. The month of October makes us really aware of the joys we experienced when seasons change in some parts of the world. 

In the month of October, there is also a Sunday called, "Mother-in-Law's Day." I call it, "Mother-in-Love." And in a column last May I shared a poem by an unknown author, entitled, "Mother-in-Love." I would be glad to send you this beautiful poem, if you write to me and ask me for a copy. In checking my mother-in-law file with copies of the mother-in-law poem, I found thoughts from daughter-in-laws that brought to mind many warm thoughts. From the third world, a daughter-in-law refers to the mother-in-law as a mother so unique and mother never tired, whose love never grows old, so loving and caring. No one can forget, man cannot compensate. But it teaches us lessons of a great mother whose love is always constant, her hands never weary, who's thoughts so wide give peaceful words.

Of special interest were the thoughts in my file about the daughter-in-law, also written by an unknown author. A daughter-in-law is a joy to the heart, a very special part of a family's warmth and love. 

October is a beautiful month, filled with many joys. Enjoy this season of beauty, and remember, it is the month we change our clocks. 

Warm thoughts: All that I am or ever hoped to be, I owe to an angel, mother. Abraham Lincoln. May silent thanks, at least to God, be given with a full heart. Our thoughts are heard in heaven. William Wordsworth. 

Have a beautiful and thankful autumn day. 

Warm Thoughts From the Little Home on the Prairie Over a Cup of Tea by Luetta G. Werner

October 26th, 1995

Published in the Marion Record

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