Reasons I'm Grateful to Be a Mother

dreams and nightmares

bumps and caresses

hugs and shoves

smiles and tears

quiet and clamor

excitement and disappointment

successes and failures

serenity and chaos

laughter and anguish

love and fear

birth and death

To share the joys, and shoulder the sorrows.

All reasons I'm grateful to my mother, for she shares in my joys and shoulders my sorrows.

Thanks, kids, for allowing me to be your mother.

Thanks, husband, for making it possible.

Thanks, Mom, for ... well ... everything.