Ode To Mom

A Tribute To My Wonderful Mom on Mother's Day

May 9, 1999

Dressed

By Alan Harris

At birth
my mother
dressed me
in the world
which I have
worn ever since
despite some
fraying sleeves
and tight belts
that I can
deal with
until the main
button pops
and off of me
the world falls
in a useless
heap.

About My Mom...

I believe I have the most wonderful mother in the world. From an early age, my mother taught me about the world and about life. She has made me what I am today...a wonderful mother and wife.

My mother is the epitamy of the modern woman. At the age of 35 she was tired of her dead-end factory job so she decided to do something about it. She went back to college to get her bacholer's degree in social work, a job she had always wanted to do. While raising a family and working full time, she managed to achieve her dream of becoming a social working in just about 5 years. She graduated college just one month before I graduated High School. She is now a social worker for Human Services. She is living her dream.

For all of you that think you have to settle for what life deals you, just remember this story and know that you are a modern woman and you can do whatever you put your mind too...I am. I am in the process of going to college to get my business management degree. It is never too late to live your dream.

A special thanks goes out to FantasyLand Graphics for the beautiful angel graphic and to Alan Harris for the poem.

I love you mom, because of you, I am the person you have always wanted me to be. Talk to you Sunday!!