My Mother Was So Young But Willing
I came across this old card that I wrote for my mom years ago. I wish I was able to recover some of the other poems I sent all over. I wasn’t always keeping copies and unfortunately most were done on computers that I subsequently lost without back-ups.
Thankfully, Mommy appreciated this one and kept the original hard copy. I read it again and it all seems so real. It was truly expressive and descriptive of our lives coming up in our present home. I was only 5 years when she went to do her studies in England to become a Nurse. She qualified and returned home when I was a 13year old man. She had a first child when she was 16 years and the last of 4 when she was 22. By any standards she would have had to be quite a mother to bring us to adulthood.
Her parenting produced 3 kids that were heads of their schools and surprisingly, the youngest left school early and completed a Doctorate before age 30 at Cambridge, England. Our successes are testament to great parenting
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My Mother Was So Young But Willing M ummy got us when still a childY oung and uncertain and for a whileM ade do with the comforts of Deacons RoadO n her mother she depended on room and boardT he times got harder with each coming dayH ave four kids it was time to strayE den soon became our new place to restR eplanting, restarting was an unending testW ith plans for our security she opted to learnA profession abroad that she can earnS ufficient to be sure that we’ll never dependSufficient that supported our healthy upbringing Over the time we grew to miss Y ears of tuck-ins and the good night kissO ur needs were confusing when she came backU ncontrolled conduct and behaviour slackN othing was like she had foreseenG etting to know her young grown teensB arely recognizing the youngest at tenU nable to fit in with he own childrenT he test continued and to her delightW ith His hand of Love, God showed His mightI n Him she trusted for the road aheadL etting go of her worries as she prayed in bedL ove had sustained her all this whileI t must have been hard to raise kids when you’re still a childN othing would have been possible without God’s graceG od’s love keeps us together in our Eden resting place.I celebrate your great achievements and Successes as a devoted Mother Happy Mothers Days 2003 |
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