The sweetest sounds to mortals given

Are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven.
William Goldsmith Brown

Dear Mama,
It has been so long since I’ve seen your beautiful face,
That impish smile. I miss you so.
I miss the twinkle in your eye when one of us made a joke,
Even though you’d scold us because of the language,
you thought it funny too.
You gave me everything that lead me to
What and where I am today,
You stood between me and violence,
You "Kept The Calm", even when you didn’t feel so.
And in those dark times when
I was not such a nice person,
You pretended to not see the
Darkness,
Always Hoping, Always Knowing that the
Light would win out at last.
And you were right.

"Happy Birthday Mama; I love you."

^{Margaret Elizabeth Greene Tippins Smith
Born 2/1/1916
by}
Jerry E Smith
© 5/8/15
^{Image is a crop from a photo I paid to have taken of me and Mama in 1982}

^{These .gifs were created for me by @coquiunlimited; many thanks}