Mothers. It seems like we can never tire of saying enough about them. For those of you who are still blessed to have your mother around, then treasure those precious opportunities to spend time with her. For those of us whose mother has passed on from this life, we will always have fond memories of times we spent with them. For those of you who have fathers, guardians, aunts, grandmothers or stepmothers who are surrogates acting in a maternal capacity, then it behooves you to cherish that.
For all mothers, past and present, I honor you with this poem “I Applaud You” and wish all of you a very Happy Mother’s Day!
I Applaud You
I applaud you for the strength you unselfishly earned your nurturing gift you so willingly impart your character, immeasurable and priceless your gentle spirit, so humble and genuine.
I applaud your determination to fight for the common good your comfort during times of sadness, pain and grief your encouragement during those moments when someone wants to give up your heart, more precious than the facets in a perfect diamond.
I applaud your tears of joy, glistening down your cheeks during celebrations your carefree attitude to enjoy life and live it abundantly your wisdom from life’s lessons of hard knocks and disappointments your test of endurance to stand up, amid all reasoning to stay down.
Regardless of what you’ve suffered been diagnosed with or the pain from heartbreaks you’ve endured, I applaud you for your survival skills despite the cards that you were dealt.
Your inner beauty radiates your graciousness turning obstacles into stepping stones ugliness into beauty discouragement into courage skepticism into faith despair into hope with complete reverence of God I applaud you.
– Kym Gordon Moore (from the book “Wings of the Wind: A Cornucopia of Poetry,” 2013)
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