Grateful for your care

Feeling blessed by the profusion 

 Of Mother’s Day offerings,

 I share this gift of color 

To honor all those who’ve mothered me 

Through the years. 

For more than Valentines Day, this day 

Is a celebration of Love in all its kindest forms; 

Of all the ways men and women 

 Through the years have put others’ needs 

Before their own, that those for whom they care 

Might learn, and thrive, and grow, 

And in their blooming bless the world.