All-In-All

My mother filled so many roles, In helping seven meet their goals. She reared us by her fine-tuned tools Of simple but unbending rules. She was teacher, preacher, censor, Most of all a love dispenser, A mentor, doctor, nurse and cook, Skills not yet found in any book, Seamstress, laundress and home-maker, Maid and cake and cookie baker, All the time filling Daddy's life With happiness as his loved wife.