Mother's Day

~Thank you Mom~

Thank you for your tireless devotion to three generations;
to me
to my sons
and to my grandchildren~

Thank you for your cheerfulness,
even though I now know you were more often exhausted

Thank you for being a stay-at-home Mom,
even though I know the budget was always tight,
because raising 4 children with only one parent working
was a strain (to say the least)
It meant the world to me and the others,
though we didn't realize it until years later
when we had our own families.

Thank you for teaching us
to be kind
to share
to help others
to be responsible
to be accountable
and to be thankful

Thank you for always being there
when life hurt
from the innocent little hurts
to the big and heart-breaking ones.

Thank you for giving, and giving, and giving...
to this very day~

Happy Mother's Day
~I love you Mom~