Thanks Mom

So much that I could say about you. All Good of course. How about the great wife you were to my father until his death? My brain cannot produce sufficient words of your ‘mother mastery’. For sure, heaven’s angels helped you raise all twelve of us kids. Till we were grown, you put us first, long after daddy’s demise. But today Mom, please allow me to remind you of a situation. One day, you hastily set me straight about my younger brother and me. My older brother had enlisted in the army, leaving me as the oldest son. I started being unkind and impatient toward my younger brother. As my older brother had done with me, I began to pick fights with him. Mom, spotting this unacceptable behavior right away, you nailed me on it. It amazes me that I so clearly remember the room that we were in. You planted a lasting seed in my heart of how it was going to be in our home. Mom, there are myriads of lessons learned from you; this is just one of them. 04232016 PS Contest, To Mom, by Francine Roberts