A VERY YOUNG FELICITA

MOM AND DAD IN BEAR MOUNTAIN

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, 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.
A Sonnet for My Incomparable Mother
I often contemplate my childhood, Mom.I am a mother now, and so I know Hard work is mixed together with the fun;You learned that when you raised me long ago.
I think of all the things you gave to me:Sacrifice, devotion, love and tears,Your heart, your mind, your energy and soul--All these you spent on me throughout the years.
You loved me with a never-failing love You gave me strength and sweet security,And then you did the hardest thing of all: You let me separate and set me free.
Every day, I try my best to be A mother like the mom you were to me.