a view from under the pew: the greatest mom of all

amos the churchmouse:

a view from under the pew

Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes.

the greatest mom of all

at first glance

pastor leroy beetle

made a really

terrible blunder

the other day boss

he asked the rash

question to a

young bug toddlers

sunday school class

aside from mary the

mother of jesus who

would you say is the

greatest mother of

all time

all the adult bugs and

little mice gasped

and groaned he s

in trouble for sure

they moaned

i know i know one

little beetle said

hannah the mother

of samuel has to be

the best mother of

all don t you see

no no says sally bee

the greatest mother

of them all was sarah

wife of abraham and

mother of isaac she

was the matriarch of

the israelites all

what about ruth the

wife of boaz the mother

of obed and grandmother

of jesse and great-

grandmother of david

the king she was the

perfect model for women

everywhere in everything

especially in her loyalty

love and faithfulness all

reflected in her gleaning

i have it i have it says

roscoe the rolly polly bug

the greatest mother of all

was eve adam s wife

because she was the

mother of all

what about the virtuous

woman described by

lemuel in proverbs 31

says lacy the ladybug

or what about lois or

eunice timothy s mother

and grandmother who

taught timothy so well

or jochebed the mother

of moses the one who led

the children of israel to

the promised land after all

he was a lawgiver and the

deliverer of god s holy band

finally after everyone

nominated their favorite

candidate for mother of

all time pastor beetle

was starting to sweat -

if beetles do that -

maybe wondering how

he could avoid what

appeared to be a

disastrous fate

tell us tell us the young

bugs clamored to know

did we pick the greatest

mother of all or no

before pastor leroy beetle

could take a breath or even

wince a smile little tommy flea

says wait a minute for me

i want to nominate the

greatest mommy for all

the world to see

so pastor leroy said okay

we have another nominee

who is the greatest mommy

according to tommy flea

the greatest mommy to me

is my mommy mrs betty flea

says he she s sweet kind and

faultless to a t

and besides that she makes

great oatmeal for breakfast

and gives me little flea

kisses at night

with that boss everyone

cheered pastor leroy was

rescued and everyone wished

everyone a happy mother s

day from the realm of the

church pew underworld

amos