A Special Day!
A day unlike any other
Come and join the jubilation
The anniversary of the birth of my Mother!
You don’t know her, you say?
Of course not, oh silly me!
Allow me to introduce her –
Her name is Beverly
A woman of honor and strength
Raising three girls single-handedly
There’s Debbie, the oldest, then Kelly was next
And the baby of the family — that’s me!
She worked hard all those years
To give us whatever she was able
Making sure our humble home
Was filled with love and always stable
Instilling in us family values and morals
Making sure we knew right from wrong
Teaching us by glowing example
How to be dependable and strong
Self-sacrifice was common
Never thinking twice to go without
So that we would have what we needed
Regardless of her financial drought
Her love and commitment rock solid
No matter what life threw her way
Fighting her way through each struggle
Valiantly beginning anew each day
She raised three girls up into women
Devotion utmost in her heart of gold
Crying as we spread our wings
But setting us free to fly on our own
So please join me on this day
A day unlike any other
As I announce with love, pride and gratitude
Happy Birthday To My Mother!
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January 13th, 2004 at 11:04 am
and, i would chance a guess, that YOU are your mother’s daughter in many, many ways.
i’m glad you are both here! beautiful tribute.
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January 13th, 2004 at 11:13 am
Best wishes Mama! What a fortunate family of daughters you have! And a talented poetess to boot!
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January 13th, 2004 at 12:35 pm
Congratulations Beverly on raising a wonderful daughter, and teaching her the meaning of true goodness. Leigh, if you have passed those lessons from your mother, your children must be amazing.
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January 13th, 2004 at 12:40 pm
What a beautiful poem. Happy Birthday to your mom!
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January 13th, 2004 at 1:01 pm
Oh Leigh, that brought tears to my eyes, it was just sooo beautiful.
Happy Birthday Beverly. Rachel beat me to it but I will echo what she said - you have raised a beautiful daughter and I cherish her friendship. And without a doubt Debbie and Kelly (though I don’t know them) can only be just a wonderful as Leigh.
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January 13th, 2004 at 1:04 pm
Ooops….. I meant to say Patrick beat me to it. What he wrote was so true.
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January 13th, 2004 at 2:42 pm
Happy Birthday “MOM!” Hope you all are having a terrific day ^_^
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January 13th, 2004 at 5:02 pm
happy birthday Mom
the poem was wonderful leigh! pls give her tons of hugs for me pls
love you
min
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January 13th, 2004 at 6:32 pm
Happy Birthday to “mom”… hope she is doing great today and she’ll have at the least… 75 more wonderful years!
((hugs)) to “mom”!!!
Hope you’re feeling better Leigh, been thinking of you… ((hugs))
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January 13th, 2004 at 7:24 pm
Happy Birthday, Beverly!
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January 13th, 2004 at 9:13 pm
Thank you so much, everyone!
I’m going to print all these out so I can show her how great ya’ll are! ((((hugs))))
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January 14th, 2004 at 5:20 am
I’m a little late, but Happy Birthday “Mom”!
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January 15th, 2004 at 2:47 pm
sorry this comes late. I do hope your dear mum had a lovely day celebrating with her beautiful family!
Such a beautiful poem, Leigh. Sooo much love in every line!
NICE work, girl!!!
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