More on Mother's Day

Ameena suggested I post this here:

MY MOTHER
for Gertie Louise (Rudolph) Workman (1912 – 2005)

she could do anything, my Mommy
Mom was The Original Recycler
back then it wasn’t fashion
we didn’t think about the planet
we didn’t plan it

her list of things
made from other things
would have been a best-seller
Mom could have been an artist
she made our lives her art

twelve kinds of Christmas cookies;
she drew bunny paw-prints for Easter morning
she made every item of clothing
from headgear to footwear
(except, possibly, underwear)

my Mom was une grande dame
make that one grand dame
just grand (as she would say)
but Mom was modest
and she wouldn’t want me to tell you . . .

Franci Louann flouann@telus.net February 20, 1995
(edited on Mother’s Day, 2005
& on Mother´s Day in Argentina! October 21, 2007)