Maggie Makes Four!

This journal started off documenting the adoption of our youngest daughter. It now follows the twist and turns of our lives as we raise these two amazing little creatures into the best women they can become.

Saturday, May 07, 2005

For Mother's Day

My Mom gave me this poem for Mother's Day, the last year I wasn't a Mom on Mother's Day. I thought it was perfect and I reread it often after I have put the girls to bed.

Happy Mother's Days to All the Mother's of the World.

Legacy of an Adopted Child

Once there were two women, Who never knew each other.

One you do not remember, The other you call mother.

Two different lives, Shaped to make yours one

One became your guiding star, The other became your sun.

The first gave you life, The second taught you to live it.

The first gave you a need for love, And the second was there to give it.

One gave you a nationality. The other gave you a name.

One gave you the seed of talent, The other gave you an aim.

One gave you emotions, The other calmed your fears.

One saw your first sweet smile, The other dried your tears.

One gave you up, it was all that she could do.

The other prayed for a child, And God led her straight to you.

And now you ask me through your tears,
The age-old question through the years:

Heredity or environment-- which are you a product of?

Neither, my darling, neither, Just two different kinds of love.

-Anonymous

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