Memory of a Mother

I was raised by a stepmother. I called her mother. She gave love and raised many children. The word Mother should be used in honor of strong and wonderful woman.

          








                                      Memory of a Mother
 
      
                                              (I was raised by my stepmother Sonja.
         A beautiful and wonderful lady who died too young.)
 
  Names given are earned.
 
Not easy to become.
 
You were a mother to many.
 
You try to love all of us.
 
Errors made in a life haunted your dreams and life.
 
The good deeds overcame all your mistakes.
 
Mother and  Mama. Sweet words spoken to a woman who loved her children.
 
You shall be to me.
 
Mama Sonja for your gift of love.
 
           Coyote
          2002

Author's Note

All the mother's day poetry made me think and remember good people I do miss a lot. If you have a mother a live. Need to visit. One day you will wished you did.
John

Reviews

[Neville]

What you write here Coyote hit home hard... I plan to travel and visit my elderly mother next weekend, because, I Now surely need to..... N

[Coyote Poetry]

I am glad. We have only one mother. Thank you for reading my friend.

[Neville]

thank you for giving my conscience a nudge..

[Renée]

Oh, Coyote, being a stepmother myself, this makes me tear up... Sweet poem.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Renee. I was raised by a kind woman. She treated me as her child. Sharing love with a child create a everlasting bond.

[Renée]

that it can. She was very blessed to have such a sweet son as yourself. ( :

[Perkele.7885]

Coyote, you did this woman, your 'mother' proud. She deserves the honor you have bestowed upon her for sure!

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you for reading and the comment. A good woman who is missed by many.

[Valentine]

My mother passed on some time ago. She was a poet and wrote for the Detroit papers. She was the original Valentine. She was not perfect, no one is, but she was special to her 9 children. We all still love and miss her. Valentine's daughter.

[Coyote Poetry]

You were lucky. A strong woman. Raised nine children. We become wiser and kinder because of the good examples of people who gave love to us. Your mother sound like a very good woman.

[Amber "Victoriomantic" ..]

This is very sweet. Genetics often don't mean anything in the fact of those that raised us. Until recently, my mother had a partner; in two years he was more of a dad to me than my genetic father has been in my whole two decades of life.

[Suzy Q]

Mother's are wonderful. I love mine with my enitre being. Great poem.

[Joiedevivre]

Names given are earned.

Not easy to become.

These lines resound through my heart. Beautiful homage to someone worthy of the name.

[Sukriti Suki]

Mother a word so powerful in itself. Respect.

[John Jackson (El Juero)]

A wonderful honor song.
Love it very much.
Makes me think of my step Mom. She does the best she can. I can not expect anything else.
Great poem. Thank you!

[Priyanka Natesh]

That is a very sweet poem.Had it been a little longer,I would've cried :) Thank you.