Tributes to Our Mothers

MEMORIES OF YOU

by Mary Balthazar

I see you smiling down at me serenely,
Showing the pride you always had in me,
I see your sweet smile very often, it's true,
For my life now, has changed me into you.

Although, you are not here on earth anymore,
I find you with me always, even at the store,
Reading labels carefully, you taught me to do,
Ensuring safety in health foods, to be true.

When I am in the kitchen, preparing meals,
Your recipes with special spices, I do steal,
As cleanup time arrives, after meals so grand,
I feel you near, with tips of your helping hand.

Remembering you, at the end of a long day,
I take this time, as you taught me, to pray,
You see, this has always seen me through,
Because of you, I have God's Love, in all I do.