A MOTHER Use mouse to advance slides
How much I love you I can't say: It's more than words can hold. You're all at once my rich, red clay, My potter and my mould.
Yours the words that shaped my voice, The spirit within mine. Yours the will that shaped my choice, My fortune, and my sign.
How lucky I was to have had you At the core of me! Wise and good, you always knew Just what I could be.
And so I came to be someone Whom I could be proud of. For this I give my swollen sum Of gratitude and love.
A mother's love determines how We love ourselves and others. There is no sky we'll ever see Not lit by that first love.
Stripped of love, the universe Would drive us mad with pain; But we are born into a world That greets our cries with joy.
How much I owe you for the kiss That told me who I was! The greatest gift - a love of life - Lay laughing in your eyes.
Because of you my world still has The soft grace of your smile; And every wind of fortune bears The scent of your caress.