This was originally posted last year on Father's Day. Seems like a good fit for moms too!
Happy Mom's Day to all the mothers we love!
Life is Good/Short/Amazing...
Our Life
Don’t cry too much for passing years
For want of soothing children’s tears
To patch the wounds from stumbling slips
or feel a kiss from little lips
Don’t long too long for long-passed days
With their sleepless nights till morning’s rays
And hectic days and heavy cares
And the innocence of a child’s prayers
Don’t wish too much for another chance
To catch your child’s backward glance
As they held the hand of someone new
But feared the change and longed for you
For life is swift and short and turns
And children grow and change and learn
But in their learning, still they know
The ones who held and loved them so
And as they venture out anew
We feel distress and pain, it’s true
Yet as they soar on outspread wings
All else just seems like lesser things
Don’t cry too much for former years
But thankful be for what is here
Then cry a little if you must
With tears of joy and faith and trust
And pass the blessing on again
To generations new and friends
To children grown whose children grow
to love the ones who love them so
Lord, when we look upon this life
With anxious cares and sometimes strife
As all the best and worst are tallied
Our life, within Your hands, You've carried
~dih