DEFINING MOTHERHOOD

DEFINING MOTHERHOOD

Motherhood is something too complex

To be given just one single definition

There are so many things that define it

To name only one is an unjust decision

Using my wife Trudi to define what I mean

Because she is the perfect example you see

Of the many hats that a mother wears in life

As well as a wife and a best friend to me

Although I wasn’t involved in her early years

I’m sure that playing house was the start of it

She learned loving and caring and cooking too

Experiencing even more when she’d baby sit

She learned many things in her first marriage

Especially when all her children came along

Loving and nurturing them even too this day

Her character in life became extremely strong

She was a cook a chauffer a nurse and a teacher

Always there if they needed a shoulder to cry on

And now she leads by example to her grandchildren

Because being a mother doesn’t mean moving on

Her children and grandchildren still seek her advice

Even long after starting a new chapter in her life

I thank the Lord for the blessing that she is to me

Even before the first day that she became my wife

                       

She’s there for anyone who may be in need

My children love her as a mother and friend

My Mother’s Day wish for her for this and every year

Is to know that I’ll love her beyond the day our lives end