Happy Mother's Day

Everything Mom

How did you find the energy, Mom

To do all the things you did,

To be teacher, nurse and counselor

To me, when I was a kid.

How did you do it all, Mom,

Be a chauffeur, cook and friend,

Yet find time to be a playmate,

I just can’t comprehend.

I see now it was love, Mom

That made you come whenever I’d call,

Your inexhaustible love, Mom

And I thank you for it all.

[By Joanna Fuchs]

Best Mom Award

For all the things I didn’t say,

About how I felt along the way–

For the love you gave and the work you’ve done,

Here’s appreciation from your admiring son.

You cared for me as a little tot,

When all I did was cry a lot,

And as I grew your work did too–

I ran and fell and got black and blue.

I grew some more and it didn’t stop;

Now you had to become a cop,

To worry about mistakes I’d make;

You kept me in line for my own sake.

I got older, and the story repeated;

You were always there whenever I needed.

You guided me and wished me the best,

I became wiser and knew I was blessed.

So, for all the times I didn’t say,

The love I felt for you each day,

Mom, read this so you can always see

Just how much you mean to me.

Mom, Thanks for everything!

[By Karl Fuchs]