To Be a Mother...

To be a mother is to know

How tiny baby kittens grow,

How cherries change to cherry pie,

How snowflakes get into the sky.

To be a mother is to show

How shoestrings can become a bow,

How pencil lines become a letter,

How kisses make a bee sting better.

To be a mother is to grow

A little like a child... and so - 

To be a mother is to share,

And let the wind flow through her hair,

To think that fishing might be fun,

To guess at riddles, giggle, run,

To make a snowman, wade through mud,

And gently hold an opening bud.

To be a mother is to sow

A seed of love, then watch it grow.

To be a mother is to live

The sweetest dream that God can give.

- Author unknown