Thought for today:
" It is fitting that on today of all days, we give praise to all the mothers in the world. At the top of all our lists will most likely sit our own dear mother whom we will honour either in person or fond memory. However, when it comes to the title, 'Mother of all Mothers', there are two previous mothers who stand head and shoulders above the rest; Valentina from Russia and Dusty from Texas. Valentina gave birth to more children than any other woman has ever conceived and in the process, she never once had 'a single' child. Indeed, she had 69 children in total ; four sets of quadruplets, seven sets of triplets and sixteen sets of twins, and no loners! She was the wife of Feodore Vassilyev ; a peasant from Shua, Russia and her large family was conceived over 27 confinements. When it comes to offspring however, the most ever born to any single mother was to a Texas tabby moggy called Dusty who gave birth to 420 kittens during her many travels before this 'puss in boots' settled down to a life of simple domesticity. Valentina or Dusty: both richly deserves their cat naps, don't you think? They've certainly earned it." William Forde: March 10th, 2013.
" It is fitting that on today of all days, we give praise to all the mothers in the world. At the top of all our lists will most likely sit our own dear mother whom we will honour either in person or fond memory. However, when it comes to the title, 'Mother of all Mothers', there are two previous mothers who stand head and shoulders above the rest; Valentina from Russia and Dusty from Texas. Valentina gave birth to more children than any other woman has ever conceived and in the process, she never once had 'a single' child. Indeed, she had 69 children in total ; four sets of quadruplets, seven sets of triplets and sixteen sets of twins, and no loners! She was the wife of Feodore Vassilyev ; a peasant from Shua, Russia and her large family was conceived over 27 confinements. When it comes to offspring however, the most ever born to any single mother was to a Texas tabby moggy called Dusty who gave birth to 420 kittens during her many travels before this 'puss in boots' settled down to a life of simple domesticity. Valentina or Dusty: both richly deserves their cat naps, don't you think? They've certainly earned it." William Forde: March 10th, 2013.
