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Some people think a quilt is a blanket stretched across a Lincoln bed . . . or from frames on a wall . . . . . Quilts are our mosaics . . . the way our lives are lived . . . on. . .patches . . . scraps . . . taking that which nobody wants and not only loving it . . . not only seeing its worth . . . but making it lovable . . . and intrinsically worthwhile, From 'Hands: For Mother’s Day' by Nikki Giovanni (1983) Dear Friend: For Mother's Day, please accept my heartfelt gift of poetry and the invitation to join our quilting bee to sew a patch into our quilt of security for mothers across the nation. The bee ends when our quilt is done. How long do you think that it will take us to finish the equilt? Our goal is a modest 100 patches for this quilt. Let's renew and fortify ourselves with a securemom e-quilt and what better time than Mother's Day? To sew a patch in the quilt, - SEND an email from www.securemom.com/equilt.htm to the Senators for your state about Social Security improvements for mothers. - TELL a friend to do the same. - EACH EMAIL MEANS ONE PATCH. Each time that one of us emails a Senator, a new patch is stitched into our SecureMom e-quilt. - AT 100 , the quilting bee is done! - EACH ONE, TELL ONE. If each tells another, we will sew the quilt of 100 patches in no time. - SEW an e-patch now equilt for financial security. Learn more at www.securemom.com/equilt.htm Starting on Monday, May 13 return to see the progress of our e-quilt. You can see our e-quilt at www.securemom.com/equilt.htm . A FEW FACTS ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY AND WOMEN You have to be married for at least 10 years to qualify for the Social Security dependent spouse benefit, which is half of your husband's (spouse's) benefit (based on the spouse's earnings). The years spent earning little or '0' income will drag down the average retirement benefit to which we would otherwise be entitled. By the year 2030, only four out of ten women will be earning more Social Security benefits based on their own work records than on their spouse's. Depressing! In 2002, women earned 77.5 cents to the man’s dollar Mothers typically experience an even larger wage gap than other women – at the rate of 8 points larger than that of nonmothers. In old age, the story gets worse. An alarming 12% of women over 65 live below the poverty line. Factoring in those who hover near poverty, one third of women over 65 live in or near poverty.