Happy Mother's Day Mom!!

I often think about the days when I was growing up and
there are some fond memories and some not so fond memories.
All those holidays and birthdays you worked so hard to make special.
Trips to the park, or wherever you took us, was always a treat.



As I grew older, we got closer.
Then we had the late night talks sitting
on your bed talking like best friends.
I still like to do that.



There are those other memories too, you know,
the ones you would just as soon forget.
Like the time I cut my sisters fingers
because she would let go of the knife.



Or the way Nicki and I constantly fought, she started it by the way.



There's many more I could mention but won't,
I don't want everyone to think I was bad when I was such an angel.






Mom, when I first read this story I thought of all
the trouble you and I went through when I was in high school.
Needless to say, I had to find my kleenex.

"No Charge"
My little boy came into the kitchen this evening while I was fixing supper.
And he handed me a piece of paper he'd been writing on.
So, after wiping my hands on my apron,
I read it, and this is what it said:
For mowing the grass, $5.
For making my own bed this week, $1.
For going to the store $.50.
For playing with baby brother while you went shopping, $.25.
For taking out the trash, $1.
For getting a good report card, $5.
And for raking the yard, $2.
Well, I looked at him standing there expectantly,
and a thousand memories flashed through my mind.
So, I picked up the paper, and turning it over, this is what I wrote:
For the nine months I carried you, growing inside me,
No Charge.
For the nights I sat up with you, doctored you prayed for you,
No charge.
For the time and the tears, and the cost through the years,
No Charge.
For the nights filled with dread, and the worries ahead,
No Charge.
For advice and the knowledge, and the cost of your college,
No Charge.
For the toys, food and clothes, and for wiping your nose,
No Charge.
Son, when you add it all up, the full cost of my love is No Charge.
Well, when he finished reading, he had great big tears in his eyes.
And he looked up at me and he said,
"Mama, I sure do love you."
Then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote, PAID IN FULL.



Mom, always remember this, I LOVE YOU!

If tomorrow never comes
If tomorrow never comes
Will she know how much I loved her
Did I try in every way to show her every day
That she's my only one
And if my time on earth were through
And she must face the world without me
Is the love I gave her in the past
Gonna be enough to last
If tomorrow never comes





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