Happy Mother’s Day!

Hello everyone! Happy Mother’s Day to all of you mothers out there! It is Mother’s Day here in Canada, I know in other countries it is on different days. I wrote this poem a number of years ago and I shared it once before on my blog, but I wanted to share it again this year. It is one of my first poems and I wrote it for my mother with words from my heart, not trying to make a perfect poem. My mother passed away later that year.

MOTHER

She carried me gently all through

The time when nothing I could do.

She held me in my time of fear;

I thank you, Lord, for mother dear.

She helped me learn how to walk,

She taught me carefully to talk,

She guided well as none other;

I thank you, Lord, for my mother.

She helped me all the way through school,

And helped me learn the ‘golden rule’.

She prayed for me when ’twas needed;

Thank you, Lord, that mother pleaded.

A lot of time with me she spent,

Most precious time that she lent;

She gave so much, as no other,

I thank you, Lord, for my mother.

Here I sit and often ponder,

My love for her still grows fonder,

We shared a lot with one another;

I thank you, Lord, for my mother.

Have a wonderful day day everyone and God bless!

Steve. ©2026 Steve McLeod