It takes a Mother's LOVE
To make a house a home,
A Place to be remembered,
No matter where we roam...
It takes a Mother's PATIENCE
To bring a child up right,
And her COURAGE and her CHEERFULNESS
To make a dark day bright...
It takes a Mother's THOUGHTFULNESS
To mend the heart's deep "hurts,"
And her SKILL and her ENDURANCE
To mend little socks and shirts...
It takes a Mother's KINDNESS
To forgive us when we err,
To sympathize in trouble
And bow her head in prayer...
It takes a Mother's WISDOM
To recognize our needs
And to give us reassurance
By her loving words and deeds...
It takes a Mother's ENDLESS FAITH,
Her CONFIDENCE and TRUST
To guide us through the pitfalls
of selfishness and lust...
And that is why in all this world
There could not be another
Who could fulfill God's purpose
As completely as a MOTHER!
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Mothers Were Once Daughters
Every home should have a daughter,
For there is nothing like a girl
To keep the world around her
In one continuous whirl...
From the moment she arrives on earth,
And on through womanhood,
A daughter is a FEMALE
Who is seldom understood...
One minute she is laughing,
The next she starts to cry,
Man just can't understand her
And there's just no use to try...
She is soft and sweet and cuddly,
But she's also wise and smart,
She's a wondrous combination
Of a mind and brain and heart...
And even in her baby days
She's just a born coquette,
And anything she really wants
She manages to get...
For even at a tender age
She uses all her wiles
And she can melt the hardest heart
With the sunshine of her smiles...
She starts out as a rosebud
With her beauty unrevealed,
Then through a happy childhood
Her petals are unsealed...
She's soon a sweet girl graduate,
And then a blushing bride,
And then a lovely woman
As the rosebud opens wide...
And some day in the future,
If it be God's gracious will,
She, too, will be a MOTHER
And know that reverent thrill
That comes to every MOTHER
Whose hear is filled with love
When she beholds the "angel"
That God sent her from above...
And ther would be no life at all
In this world or the other
Without a DARLING DAUGHTER
who, in turn, becomes a MOTHER!
~~ Helen Steiner Rice
