'HAPPY BIRTHDAY ...MOM'

                                                                                            
 
 
I OFTEN CONTEMPLATE MY  
CHILDHOOD,
MOM.
I AM A MOTHER NOW, AND SO I
KNOW
HARD WORK IS MIXED TOGETHER
WITH THE FUN;
YOU LEARNED THAT WHEN YOU
RAISED ME LONG AGO. . .
 
 
I THINK OF ALL THE THINGS YOU
GAVE TO ME:
SACRIFICE,  DEVOTION,  LOVE AND
TEARS,
YOUR  HEART, YOUR  MIND, YOUR
ENERGY  AND  SOUL---
ALL THESE YOU SPENT ON ME
THROUGHTOUT  THE YEARS. . .
 
 
YOU LOVED  ME WITH NEVER-
FAILING  LOVE
YOU GAVE ME  STRENGTH AND 
SWEET SECURITY,
AND THEN YOU DID THE HARDEST
THING OF ALL:
YOU LET ME SEPARATE AND SET ME
FREE. . .
 
 
 
 
EVERY DAY, I TRY MY  BEST TO BE
A MOTHER  LIKE THE  MOM YOU
WERE TO ME. . .
 
 
 
                "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM"
                       Love,   Barbara