Original Poems and Prose on Mother's Day

Authenticity is best! 

Originality is best!

Even if you're not a creative writer, your words are better than Hallmark's for those special days.

Not knocking Hallmark -- some of their work is excellent.

But when you spend TIME thinking about what you want to say, and then write it down as prose or poetry, it carries a greater impact.

TIME is a key word here. If you only set aside five minutes for this task, well, you'd better go to the pharmacy and get your greeting card. But if you can make the extra time and devote 30 minutes or an hour to this, your card will be (1) read more attentively, (2) responded to more authentically, and (3) kept and cherished for the treasure that it is.

Begin with a notepad or on your computer, composing your thoughts.

Then get a greeting card that is blank in the middle, or make your own card.

I make my greeting cards on the computer with a simple design. 

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Here's what I wrote for my wife Connie for Mother's Day:

A mother is always a mother

And later, a grandmother too

A hero of the family

How she loved those girls as babies

and at every stage

Now they’re big, busy

in the full flower of their lives

and she’s still loving

listening, available

helping, hugging, giving herself

a fountain of encouragement

a geyser, even

bigger than Old Faithful

always bursting forth

flying high

releasing life and love to the world

every needy child

every burdened one

When the little boys come

a switch goes off

the nanny switch

it’s cuddle time

noisy playtime

noisy dinnertime

and I see her wisdom

listening, thinking, sharing

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and I worry more than a bit

that she’s always giving

so much of herself away

but that’s who she is

A mother is always a mother

And later, a grandmother too

A hero of the family.

Love, on Mother’s Day and always

Gary