A Mother's Gift to the World

I hope everyone is having a great Mother's Day! Amidst all the gifts (Click here to check out mine!)remember as a mother you have also given a gift to the world! This truth was clarified to me when I received this email from my mother~



Monica,

I wrote this mother's day poem about 25 years ago. I JUST REALIZED IT IS UNFINISHED. Please add the next stanza. Happy Mother's Day. Love your mother.

I GAVE A GIFT TO THE WORLD,
OF MY OWN MAKING AND NURTURE,
HANDCRAFTED WITH LOVE AND PASSION.
THERE STANDS MY GIFT
MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN MICHAEL ANGELO'S STONE
MORE MYSTERIOUS THAN DA VINCI'S OWN.


Wow...It's true. Our children are the true gifts. This is the poem with the stanza I added.


I GAVE A GIFT TO THE WORLD,
OF MY OWN MAKING AND NURTURE,
HANDCRAFTED WITH LOVE AND PASSION.
THERE STANDS MY GIFT
MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN MICHAEL ANGELO'S STONE
MORE MYSTERIOUS THAN DA VINCI'S OWN.

I GAVE A GIFT TO THE WORLD,
AND THAT GIFT RECIPROCATED,
MULTIPLIED AND DIVIDED INTO GLEAMING FACETS.
MY OFFERING IS ETERNAL REPRODUCTION,
AS SOPHISTICATED AS THE MAYAN SPAN OF TIME
AS INFINITE AS THE THEORIES OF EINSTEIN.



We've decided that we are going to add a stanza every year. What a wonderful "gift" my mother has given me. Thank you Mom! I love you!