VEGASMAMAS™ Mama's Day Poem
“for our children on MAMA’S DAY 2017”
the love we share is pure
the love we hold is true
the love we feel is astounding
just between mama and you
giggles & wiggles & jiggles
cuddles & bubbles & muddy puddles
never have I felt so loved
than with my cubs so beloved
I am your hero
and I am so beautiful to you
my sweet songbird sparrow
what you sing is true
early morning wake-ups
perilous midnight temperatures
life-changing shake-ups
the strongest love by Mother Nature
I don’t mind you’re our pillow crasher
our inevitable schedule smasher
I love adding & subtracting by abacus
and my glorified valet-driver status
we hit the high hand jackpot
you are our hole-in-one
we bet on you, our perfect bank shot
you are our Vegas daughters & sons
I love you with all my heart and soul.
thank you for choosing me to be your mama.
love,
your VEGASMAMA™”
NOTES ON THIS 2017 MAMA'S DAY POEM:
I was inspired to write this poem upon rising today, the morning of MAMA'S DAY 2017; all while my children were Sunday-screaming in the background and listening to the "Frida" soundtrack (especially songs by Lila Downs, Trio Mamimbero's "Viva la Vida" & Chavela Vargas).
I wrote this for my beautiful fellow VEGASMAMAS™ & beyond. Our blessed job might be exhausting but it certainly is REWARDING.
before kids: I'm going to sleep until 9am on a Sunday.
after kids: wait, it's 9am on a Sunday? But it feels like 12noon.
Yesterday, at our preschool, the pre-k children sang "You Are So Beautiful" by Joe Cocker. My 4-year old wasn't even performing but I shed many a tear sitting with my girl Jennifer; in fact, I don't think there was a dry eye in the house! Later, a wonderful couple performed "Wind Beneath My Wings" as we dined on brunch and the hero status stuck in my soul, I meditated how we ARE our children's heroes, hence the reference in this poem. The Mother's Day Brunch Committee put on such a thoughtfully curated, beautifully rendered & magically sweet experience for all of us preschool VEGASMAMAS™. Thanks to my girl Jen B for helping me through the poker verbage, I know I took artistic license on that line! Jackie, this "perilous midnight temperatures" is for you and hope AM fever is subsiding. Pillow crasher is for my sister, schedule smasher is for me for obvious reasons...but the poem in its entirety is for all you VEGASMAMAS™. You are validated. You are seen. You are appreciated. We love you.
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