Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day!
Ute and Nancy


Before I was Myself
You made Me, Me
Before I was myself you made me, me
With love and patience, discipline and tears,
Then bit by bit stepped back to set me free,
Allowing me to sail upon my sea,
Though well within the headlands of your fears
Before I was myself you made me, me
With dreams enough of what I was to be
And hopes that would be sculpted by the years,
Then bit by bit stepped back to set me free,
Relinquishing your powers gradually
To let me shape myself among my peers.
Before I was myself you made me, me,
And being good and wise,
you gracefully As dancers when the last sweet cadence nears
Bit by bit stepped back to set me free.
For love inspires learning naturally:
The mind assents to what the heart reveres.
And so it was through love you made me,
me By slowly stepping back to set me free.

copy right by, Nicholas Gordon.

Comments

Silver Strands said…
What a nice tribute!
Happy Mother's Day to you too :)

Denalee
Really great- I am going to share this with my mom!
n said…
What a great post!! Happy Mother's Day!!
Wow, you have your mother's eyes! Loved the tribute to your mother(s); hope tomorrow is wonderful!
Company EIGHT said…
I LOVE that first picture!!!

Happy Mother's Day!!

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