Happy Birthday Momma!

Happy Birthday Momma!

Since I've written you letters/notes/made scrapbooks/drawn pictures for you all my life it becomes harder to say all the things I want to say to you because I've said them over & over again. Then I came across this poem and I think for this moment it sums up what I want to say to you on this special day. 

I thank you for the tender care you give to me each day;

the times you rocked me in your arms, and sent bad dreams away.

I thank you for the times you picked me up from spills and falls,

for smiling with approval of my silly, childish scrawls.

I thank you for the times we spent vacationing through the years,

for always letting me collect my precious souvenirs.

I thank you for the stories, songs & prayers shared at night,

and even for the discipline to turn my wrongs to right.

I thank you for not giving up on me in adolescence,

for showing me throughout my life, it’s love that makes a difference.

I thank you for the memories of years that fleeted by,

too fast, it seems, for now I reminisce and heave a sigh.

And yet there’s more to thank you for; there really is no end.

For even now as I extend this special thanks to you,

I say without a single doubt, my greatest joy will be

to echo to my children all the love you’ve shown to me.

I love you always and forever! I'm glad God chose you to be mine xXx