A Mother's Day "Thank You"

©TB Cooper May 8, 2016
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Here's to funny poems,
and fluffy pink slippers,
hugs and kisses,
plaster pawprints, and whiskers.
Here's to breakfast in bed,
burnt toast and raw eggs,
painted fingers and toes,
and unshaved legs.
Here's to framed picture magnets,
and hand-picked flowers,
and hand print paintings,
that had to dry for hours.
Here's to chocolate and roses,
and store-bought gifts,
diamond bracelets and earrings..
Perhaps, I wish!
Here's to chubby fingers,
and pinchable cheeks.
Here's to kissing their owies,
and always listening when they speak.
Here's to working hard,
and never stopping,
to having a job,
doing the cooking, the cleaning, the mopping.
Here's to seldom “thank you's,”
apologies or recognition.
Here's to being born 
a nurturer, with a mission.
Here's to the pain,
the agony, the tears.
Here's to the investment
you've put in all these years.
Here's to more time
you'll surely put in,
to a lifetime commitment
in a circle with no end.
If it wasn't for you and for me,
and for people like us,
there'd be no compassion,
no caring, no trust.
If we didn't love,
unconditionally likely we do,
magic and miracles would be gone,
this much is true.
So here's to happy moments,
and hopefully a thankful note.
Here's wishing you strength,
while you row your small boat
through a life filled with emotions,
with too many feelings,
a life full of many
unexpected real dealings.
Happy Mother's Day to all,
whether your child
barks, meows, or cries.
Happy Mother's Day to Moms,
to-be-moms, and guys:
If you care and you love,
If you help life develop and grow,
Then you deserve this day,
and a big "Thank You," so,
Thank you from your daughter,
your son and your niece,
from your nephew, your cousin,
your dog and your geese.
Thank you from your step-kids,
and your grand-kids
you loved and raised just the same,
Thank you from children you given to
on the streets with no name.
Never stop giving
of all that you can,
You're doing a job,
the most important in the land.
Happy Mother's Day,
to My Mom
my Sister
my Aunts
my Mother-in-laws
my Cousins
my Nieces
my Daughters
my Friends...
To everyone, hope your day is perfect..