I have a question about my wording on a card. When I submitted this card for Mother's Day, I was describing "When God made Mothers. The reviewer wants me to put periods instead of commas,after the words "her death ,in the third line, hurt ,and a space  between the word patient and AND.
 
 
 
Here is the text as I wrote it. I meant these to be in a sequence and was always  taught one should put commas "after words in a series..."
 
When God created a mother He made her resilient because He knew the pain she would suffer from her child's arrival until her death,He made her loving,because only she can kiss away the pain when her child is hurt, He made her patient,because a mother must be patient  and understanding to meet and confront the troubles her child must face at times. I am so glad that my Mom is all of these things and that God made You for me.
 
 
I am just curious and need your input.I wonder if the reviewer thought I was starting a new sentence with the word "He" capitalized or am I just rusty on my punctuation skills?
 
Bettie

I'm certainly no Engish major, but I think a semi-colon should come before a list.
 
Here is how I would do it
 
When God created a mother He made her;  
Resilient - because He knew the pain she would suffer from her child's arrival until her death,  
Loving - because only she can kiss away the pain when her child is hurt,  
Patient, - because a mother must be patient,  
Understanding to meet and confront the troubles her child must face at times.  
I am so glad that my Mom is all of these things and that God made You for me.  
 

! understand what you mean Bettie, but I'm going to (sort of) agree with the reviewer.  
 
This is a complete thought:  
When God created a mother He made her resilient, because He knew the pain she would suffer from her child's arrival until her death. (I actually added a comma here.)  
He made her loving, because only she can kiss away the pain when her child is hurt.  
 
Etc.  
 
Your way creates a super long run-on sentence. They are all thoughts that go together - agreed. But when punctuated with periods and made into one paragraph, they are easier to read and follow the thought. If you really wanted/needed it all as one paragraph, the proper way to punctuate would be with semi-colons because within each thought you have a comma. A semi-colon denotes a "heavy duty" pause or separation of thought. It's particularly useful when listing complicated items that need a comma within them.  
 
"Words in a series" would be:  
Joan bought lemons, apples, pasta, eggs, and chicken at the grocery store.  
 
One use of semi colons:  
The speakers at the dinner included, John Brown, Mayor of Smallville; George WHite, owner of White Autos; and Martin Black, Citizen of the Year Honoree.  
 
Here's yours repunctuated with semi colons:  
When God created a mother He made her resilient, because He knew the pain she would suffer from her child's arrival until her death; He made her loving, because only she can kiss away the pain when her child is hurt; and He made her patient, because a mother must be patient and understanding to meet and confront the troubles her child must face at times.  
I am so glad that God made my Mom all of these things for me.  
OR  
I am so glad that God made YOU all of these things for me.  
 
(And I changed this a little because of switching back and forth between first person and third person. I still may not have it 100% right. I think you were trying to get "mom" or "mother" in that last sentence. Just my opinion.)  
 

Here is very good and easy to understand writer's resource for punctuation: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/6/
 
I used it a lot when I was writing research papers and keep it handy for basic information.
 
Here is the grammar section: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/5/
 
Happy writing!

I LOVE how Sandra wrote it!  It conveys what I took your original post to mean, and does it with (almost) correct punctuation.  With Sandra's rendition, I too would leave off the commas at the end of each list/line.  The last listing, I would keep it consistent with "Understanding - to xyz" and I'd have a double line space before the final thought/sentiment in the card.
 
Beautiful!  I wish I were so good with words!