Mom

Once upon a time,
Almost 19 years ago,
My mommy got back some test results.
They changed her life you know.

They told her she was to give birth.
And my tiny heart did leap,
When I heard in my safe spot,
That she chose me to keep.

She brought me into this world
On the 25th of May.
Instead of a lovely picnic,
She had me on Memorial Day.

Throughout my infant years,
She loved me through and through,
And not a day has gone by,
She forgot to say, "I love you."

As the years went by, she raised me well.
She taught me rights from wrongs.
And I still remember to this day,
When she sang my favorite songs.

Then as most parents worry,
I entered my teenage years.
But my mom raised me better than that,
And so she knew she had no fears.

Once I went to high school,
She was no longer just "Mom" to me,
She became my best friend,
And was there when I needed her to be.

She saw my proms, watched my races,
Took me all over, and heard my graduation speech.
All these years I never noticed,
It was how to love she's been trying to teach.

She always listened,
To what I had to say.
And she would give up her life,
Just to give me one more day.

I can only hope,
To be half as caring as her.
When I grow up and have children of my own,
I hope I'm just like MY mother.