About My Mom
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I've exaggerated things a bit iin lines 1 - 2 in order to use the words needed for this contest; however, it's very true that my mother felt herself the "odd duck" in her family - someone who was just different from everyone else. She did not feel she was as loved as her other sisters and this gave her a low self-esteem, which she compensated for by becoming very good at house cleaning! She is an eccentric person who loves her habits and is compulsive about them. Though she and I have very different tastes and habits, i think I got from her that same kind of drive for going all out for the things I love!
As a child, my mom would feel condemnation.
If not that, then apathy from her mom instead.
Though this often gave her consternation,
it was by reverence for unearthliness that she was led.
With a predilection for tuning into God,
she found her path, and by the Scriptures she’s been awed.
Encompassed by her faith, by the Spirit she is fed.
Nov. 15, 2018 for Lu Loo's 7 Lines, 7 Words: Rhyme Poetry Contest
Copyright © Andrea Dietrich | Year Posted 2018
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