By Nick Roes

Thank you, Mom for:

Labor pains, cooking meals, removing stains.

Thank you Mom for:

Diaper changes, all your schedule re-arranges.

Thank you, Mom, for:

Making beds, tucking in, dispersing meds.

Thank you Mom, for:

Wiping tears, tying laces, soothing fears.

Thank you Mom, for:

Baking cakes, teaching me from my mistakes.

Thank you Mom, for:

Making rules, sweet forgiveness, drives to school.

Thank you, Mom, for all you do,

But most of all for being YOU.

If not for you, there’d never be

A person in the world like me.