Honoring a special group of mom's

Our little Hailey's footprints (2001)

I'm posting a Mother's Day poem a couple of days early so I can enjoy a little get-away with the family this weekend.  Pretty sure it will be our last get-away as a family of 6...and the last time we don't have to reserve something larger than a suite!

This is a poem I wrote a few years ago when I was working with moms whose children had just died and birth mothers who were placing their children for adoption.  May was a tricky month for these mom's, because none of them knew if they would, could or should be celebrating mother's day since their children were...well, not with them any longer.  

I know how it feels to have a child "missing" and I also know how it feels to be given a gift by another mother who couldn't (for whatever reason) raise her child on her own.  If you know anyone out there with a "missing" child this Mother's Day, please wish them a special, tender Mother's Day because Mother's Day totally counts for them, too!

For a special group of women on Mother's Day

There is a special group of women

You might not know or recognize.

They are the ones on Mother’s Day

With big tears in their eyes.

They may greet you with a smile today

Because today is your day too.

But deep down they feel much sorrow

They are hoping just to make it through.

Today a mom will get a beautiful card

Thanking her for all she does.

She works for free, all day long

And she does so 'just because.'

But some mothers may not get a card

For there is no longer a child to see.

But please do not forget these moms

They still love their children endlessly.

Many women have a child or two

That everyone can see.

But sometimes there is a little one missing –

One who now lives as a memory.

For not every precious child that is born

Makes memories with mom for years.

Some are called to be with Jesus

And these mothers are left with tears.

For the mother who will never forget

The day her almost grown child died,

For the mother who held a tiny little angel

And too soon had to say goodbye,

For the mother who held her child

Only a few weeks in her womb,

We remember you this mother’s day

Because today is your day too. 

And please don't forget the mom's out there

Who were at a loss for what to do,

When they gave their child to someone else

And prayed for God to see them through.

They knew their child deserved nothing less 

Than the best life had to offer,

So they gave their child a chance at life -

They gave their child a second mother. 

A non-traditional mother 

Should be remembered all year through.

And on Mother's Day 2012

Here is a special prayer for you:

May you feel God's comfort and His peace

May your heart sing a little today

As you celebrate the life you gave

In your own special and wonderful way. 

 Happy Mother's Day Weekend to all my Mom-Friends out there!

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