Happy Birthday Momma!

Well, as you probably guessed from the title today is my mother's birthday! We have a running joke around our house about the many hats that Mom wears, so I thought this poem would be fitting:

Everything Mom
How did you find the energy, Mom
To do all the things you did,
To be teacher, nurse and counselor
To me, when I was a kid.
How did you do it all, Mom,
Be a chauffeur, cook and friend,
yet find time to be a playmate,
I just can't comprehend.
I see now it was love, Mom
That made you come whenever I'd call,
Your inexhaustible love, Mom
And I thank you for it all!

And this one:

Hidden Treasure

Wonder of wonders, deep mystery.
A virtuous woman who can be?
Hidden treasure deep in the sea.
Could that be you? Can that be me?

A corner pillar, a palace stone,
Carefully rendered to be His own.
a servant, a daughter of the throne.
A fertile seed that's deeply sown.

A ruby that shines cannot exceed
The beauty of a bountiful woman's deed
For she is ready in her family's need.
"All for the Father" is her creed.

These high virtues who can attain?
I have already failed them. Should I again?
Do I have the courage to call on His name?
He has the power, only I to blame?

Wonder of wonders, deep mystery.
A virtuous woman who will be?
Hidden treasure up out of the sea.
That could be you. That could be she.

Love you Momma!