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Local Politician Say 12 Dedicated to my beautiful wife At times a command she would utter, one he knew must be obeyed, The Hills And Beyond 13 when she said, “Man you be home “THE MOTHER OF FOUR” early or else.” So off to the tractor, Community Groups 14 It was here at this very place a long time ago that a when the sun was still high, and home young man and his bride to be knelt at the steps of to the five, or was it forty-five. Puzzles & Answers 15 this altar, right where their daughter knelt today. Little children with party hats on, There they exchanged the vows that they knew mouths full of lollies and things, Classifieds 30 they would keep as the priest gave his blessing. running everywhere with their screams The Groom gazed at her beauty with love in his of delight, it was good to see how they Trades & Services 31 heart, his mind never pondered that one day she loved the freedom of the bush. After could be the Mother of four. the candle smoke had cleared, then it overfed, one day she remarked, “You know, soon Back on the farm shoulder to shoulder they was home with the lot, load after load. it will be just you and me, three cats and the dog, toiled. Their days were long and they worked hard. Fourteen into one Valiant will go, I know, but no then you won’t come last,” laughed the mother They comforted each other on the loss of both more. of four. mothers so young. Through droughts and one When sleeping little heads on pillow lay, they sat When the last had left the nest, she announces, flood they survived. Their needs were small, but close by the fires warm glow. They talked about “It’s Tech courses I’ll tackle.” their joy was enormous when at last she really was this day and their dreams of tomorrow, with her But alas, the memory has waned, so the study the mother of four. head on his shoulder it was not long before little is hard, and writing of notes long. But her will is Like a mother hen she cradled and nourished snores of sleep would creep up from the mother so strong, and when good test results obtained them in an old house that sparkled with of four. there was a shout of joy, “I am much brighter cleanliness. She worked so hard to make it a One of the wonders this woman has to be how than I thought,” cried his mother of four. With Home. For relaxation it was off to golf with the she could sleep so peacefully, yet hear every toss of confidence high, it’s teaching the disabled she four, with two in a pram and two close by, home a child, or the unlatching of a door by a husband goes. after a round of nine. Tired and exhausted, she sat coming home late. With lessons well prepared they soon know her down and retorted, “There will definitely be no as a warm hearted woman. What a delight it is. more!” cried the mother of four. One day she announces, while all were in attendance “It is painting I shall do”. We all agreed, When they see her it is with shouts of joy and With the fourth on the floor and walking what a great idea – “Start at the back, around the hugs of warmth, this is how they greet this mother about, noise levels rose, but the wooden spoon front of the house then on to the fence”. With a of four. on tails silence achieved, but all wooden spoons look only she could give, off she goes, soon back disappeared. When rowdiness returned wooden As this writer sits and ponders, as he often does from town with oils and brushes and things on to in his search for words, his greatest wish is that coat hangers came out, order restored, and once canvas went many scenes. more there was a smile on the face of this mother the mind would learn what the heart already of four. As if by magic pictures appeared of landscapes, knows, then this pen would write and tell the trees and places she has seen whole world how great it is the love that this man over the years. Now they are has for the mother of four. in frames hanging on walls Fate must play its hand and the time will come here and many other places for this life to end but I know when this woman – all signed by the mother knocks on Heaven’s door the Lord will say, “Enter, of four. pure-hearted woman, your deeds have been great, At China Plate Painting you preformed all your tasks, you have lived true she is now going so well and straight, you have cared for Mine, and you they’ve even made her have cared for your own, the rewards here are President. plenty for this mother of four.” So, once a week the plates It is hoped that in some distant time, when all get painted and jokes get memory has lapsed, someone will come across told, and the one who these lines and read with joy and be proud to tell listens and laughs is the that they are akin to this mother of four.