Editor’s note: Amos is a church mouse, 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 search for a great mom 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