Sunday Serenity #388: Mother's Day

Mom's 80th Birthday January 8, 2012

A Mother's Day Musing

by Joy Renee

Have you ever noticed,
while flipping the pages
in a family photo album,
how often
mothers seem to not be
in the picture?

Even though we all know,
if we consider for just
one moment,
that every breath

every bite

every step

and every bright

smile
depends on her involvement.

Maybe it's because
she was the one
taking the picture
or so busy making
stuff happen
or just
making stuff--

from matching outfits

to fully outfitted

snowmen

from flapper dresses

to wedding dresses

from birthday cakes

to wedding cakes;

picnics,

stage props,

rag curls,

curly tops,

smart bow ties

and...

matching eyes.

There needs to be,
don't you agree,
more than one day
each year when
the one who makes
it all happen,
who makes home
feel like home,
who frames all the pictures
of our earliest
memories,
is given her rightful
place...

right in the middle

of the picture?