Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all you wonderful Mother's out there! I have certainly been so blessed to be a mother to my four wonderful daughters and three of them have been blessed to be mothers now! Here's a poem that Mark wrote for me a LONG time ago. I found it in my box of "treasures"so we had it printed and framed for each of our Mother's this year.

Mother

Crafted by the Master's hand

Each detail etched by time.

The winds of trials, the floods of pain,

Make you the more sublime.

The Master carved a masterpiece

With hands that reach to hold

The tear-stained child with skinned up knees

And lives to shape and mold.

He carved a heart with love unfeigned

That's pure and undefiled.

That makes her arms a safe warm place

For each and every child.

He carved out things like patience

And hope that springs eternal.

The gift of laughter, joy, and smiles

That comes from those maternal.

This masterpiece was carved by God

His gift to one another.

This simple, essential work of art

Will bear the name of Mother.

Mark Nicholas @1995

(this is the last verse that he wrote for me):

Yes, God created mothers

But from you he carved the mold

Thank you, Carole, for being

The mother of my fold.

Happy Mother's Day to our moms, daughters, sisters, and friends. Love you all so much!