Today...

I can't repay the lessons

that you taught when I was small,

or give you gift for gift,

each special moment I recall...

I can't return encouragement

and loving words of praise

in quite the way you did for me

through all my childhood days...

But there's one gift that I can give,

it's all the love you've earned,

for love is what you always taught...

and love is what I learned.

happy birthday, Mama

I miss you...