Sunday's Thought for the Day

Here's a quote from Washington Irving, that seems particularly relevant today:

"A mother is the truest friend we have,
when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon
us; when adversity takes the place of
prosperity; when friends who rejoice with
us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble
thickens around us, still will she cling to us,
and endeavor by her kind precepts and
counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness,
and cause peace to return to our hearts."