I wanted to take a minute out of this beautiful and sunny day to wish all of you a wonderful Mother's Day. I am doing exactly what I want to be doing- working in the garden, listening to the birds and enjoying my family. The past week has been an incredibly emotional one and I will write about that another time. What I really want to share with you is a beautiful poem that my 12 year old presented to me this morning. We know that Jake has writing talents but didn't know how well he could write poetry as well. He read this poem to me this morning. I think he did a wonderful job of expressing the emotions of not just him but all of us.
The Journey
by Jake
One normal November day,
While I was playing X box for as long as I could,
You called me up to talk to me,
I knew this couldn't be good.
Our family gathered at the table,
And out came the shocking words
Our family was changed forever,
When the words came out "cancer"
I screamed in my head,
"No", I thought "It can't be true"
But, yes it was and then
You told us what we had to do
A surgery, another
and chemotherapy,
After I heard all of this,
It started to scare me
All the sleepless nights
Scared as I could be,
I couldn't believe all this was happening,
to our family and me.
I'm sure you were as scared too
I'm sure that you were sad
But after all of this
I am sorta glad
This experience has made us stronger,
Inside and outside,
Our family has become closer,
together and forever.
Now today we stand,
stronger than we can be
Although one thing has changed
And that is your cute bald head!
My poem is almost complete
But one thing I didn't do
I didn't thank you for everything
That you always do,
Thanks for making supper,
thanks for cleaning my room,
Thank you for being there for me,
When I was in the blues.
I love you,
I always will
Until the very end
I love you mommy
I love you!
Happy Mothers Day and give your kids an extra hug today!
The Journey
by Jake
One normal November day,
While I was playing X box for as long as I could,
You called me up to talk to me,
I knew this couldn't be good.
Our family gathered at the table,
And out came the shocking words
Our family was changed forever,
When the words came out "cancer"
I screamed in my head,
"No", I thought "It can't be true"
But, yes it was and then
You told us what we had to do
A surgery, another
and chemotherapy,
After I heard all of this,
It started to scare me
All the sleepless nights
Scared as I could be,
I couldn't believe all this was happening,
to our family and me.
I'm sure you were as scared too
I'm sure that you were sad
But after all of this
I am sorta glad
This experience has made us stronger,
Inside and outside,
Our family has become closer,
together and forever.
Now today we stand,
stronger than we can be
Although one thing has changed
And that is your cute bald head!
My poem is almost complete
But one thing I didn't do
I didn't thank you for everything
That you always do,
Thanks for making supper,
thanks for cleaning my room,
Thank you for being there for me,
When I was in the blues.
I love you,
I always will
Until the very end
I love you mommy
I love you!
Happy Mothers Day and give your kids an extra hug today!
