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 perecepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness,
β¦and cause peace to return to our hearts.
- Washington Irving