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La o na makuahine 2006

May 14th, 2006
 

Happy Mother’s Day out there, to all you mothers. :-)

And because I know you work harder than anyone else on this planet - don’t try to deny it, men and non-mothers, you know it’s true!

Happy Mother's Day!

Here we have a little virtual card for you containing one of my recent photos and a little verse written by my grandmother, in my mother’s baby book titled Baby Talk. How cool is that?

I may have posted these here already, but here are the two other poems my grandmother wrote in that book. These are very special to me, I never got to meet my grandmother, she died when my mom was only six.

MY MISSION
Lord, I begged, give me a mission,
Some great work to do for Thee;
Lead me to some noble task that
Men may find thy love in me.

Even as I prayed, my children
Crowded round my bended knee.

Why, I wondered, does the Father
Overlook my urgent plea?
Surely He desires our efforts,
Poor and humble though they be.

Could it be, in His great wisdom,
He’d already answered me?

In my long and fevered searching,
I had been too blind to see
What the Father, wise and loving
In his plans, would have me be.

 HAPPINESS
Happiness has many houses
And dwells in many places;
It lives in many moments
And shines in many faces.

It laughs with little children
Whose hearts are free from pride,
It seeks a sunny meadow or quiet fireside.

It haunts the house of service
And knows the place of prayer.
Where broken hearts are mended;
Happiness is there.

Happiness has many houses,
But mostly it will come
Where faith and love are living,
Where God can make His home!

And the light of my life?

 
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8 Responses to “La o na makuahine 2006”

  1. Dana
    May 14th, 2006 at 8.32 am
     

    Happy mother’s day to you too :)

  2. Shauna
    May 14th, 2006 at 11.09 am
     

    Happy Mother Day to you too! :)

  3. Vixx
    May 14th, 2006 at 2.58 pm
     

    It was Mother’s Day for us in March, so I was temporarily confused for the first few moments. :)

    Happy Mother’s Day, love. Hope you’re enjoying your break!

    V xx

  4. anneberit · (subscriber)
    May 14th, 2006 at 3.03 pm
     

    We’ve also had our Mother’s Day months ago; but who cares - here’s another ;)
    Happy Mother’s Day to you Val and thanks for sharing your grandmother’s thoughts. She really was a poet!!

  5. Sarangeti
    May 14th, 2006 at 3.57 pm
     

    Happy Mother’s Day! Thanks for sharing the beautiful poems/pic. :)

  6. Nicole Ross · (subscriber)
    May 14th, 2006 at 8.54 pm
     

    Happy Mother’s Day! Love the ecard, the picture and the poem are so pretty. And look at E! He’s getting so big.

  7. Victoria · (subscriber)
    May 15th, 2006 at 4.20 pm
     

    Happy Mother’s Day. :) I like the poems and pictures.

  8. Bes
    May 19th, 2006 at 12.20 pm
     

    Sorry this is too late; HPD to you too [:p]. Nice expressions [poem and pics], btw.

    Oh, hmmm, yes, males and non-parents may not have it too tough through kids, but sometimes life feels like there are so many grown up kids that one has to take care of, or even older-than-me kids that try to ruin life and have to be taken care of and shown the “path.” The only difference between you and others [like me] would probably be this: we do this to teach those people a good lesson and also try to have a good life ourselves. You do it solely to create a good life for your child, which is completely selfless compared to many of us.

    Hmmmmmmm, maybe I should post more about this soon.

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