To you Mom

I just can't go to sleep. I keep on thinking how strong you've always been as a Mother. I wish I had your powerful energy sometimes!

Presently in Haïti helping others as a nurse, I dedicate this poem to you.

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.

By Joanna Fuchs (thank you for this great poem)