WITH GRATITUDE

I send this email on its way
        As I think of you today
                This is what I truly pray
That God will bless you so!
Not because you were the one who begot me
        But that you never have forgot me
                And that you always taught me
That Blessed God to know.

I know that, at times, I failed you
        Maybe even with words assailed you
                That is the way I railed you
When I truly should have known
That you did the best you knew.
        We are not perfect, that is true,
                But as in time I older grew
I thanked God for what you have shown:

That one should always do what's right
        Even in the very darkest night
                When no one else is in sight
To see my chosen deed,
To make the Lord's will my constant search
        For He alone will never leave me in the lurch,
                And as an infant you took me to church
And in prayer you did intercede.

These are the thoughts that run through my head.
        They are the word that should be said.
                Before I speak them when you're dead,
łThank you for sharing your busy life that way.
Thank you for the stories you told
        Thank you for the "blood you sold"
                Thank you, now that you've grown old,
 For being our mom on this special Mother's Day!


ghvs May 9, 1999