Mother's Day

A Sonnet for My Incomparable Mother

I often contemplate my childhood, Mum.

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 mum you were to me.

By Joanna Fuchs

Portrait - Mother and Son by Roy C. Gamble

Happy Mother's Day to all you mummies out there.