Happy Mother's Day

To Mom

"You painted no Madonnas 

On chapel walls in Rome, 

But with a touch diviner 

You lived one in your home. 

You wrote no lofty poems 

That critics counted art, 

But with a nobler vision 

You lived them in your heart. 

You carved no shapeless marble 

To some high-souled design, 

But with a finer sculpture 

You shaped this soul of mine. 

You built no great cathedrals 

That centuries applaud, 

But with a grace exquisite 

Your life cathedraled God. 

Had I the gift of Raphael, 

Or Michelangelo, 

Oh, what a rare Madonna 

My mother's life would show!"

--Thomas W. Fessenden

Happy Mother's Day Mom.

I love you.