Flowers That Never Fade by Sybil Shearin
Flowers That Never Fade
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She was not famous like Shakespeare, Longfellow and others.
But she was the greatest person in my life and I just called her Mother.
She could make biscuits exactly round and without a single crack.
She wore a printed dress she made from a flour sack.
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She would scrub our clothes in an old wringer washing machine.
She sat by my bed when I had a fever or just a bad dream.
Her hands were old but as soft as could be.
Oh what a heavenly Mother she was to me.
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She rocked me in an old squeaky wooden rocking chair.
She brushed all the tangles from my long golden hair.
She cut cloth and made my pajamas every stitch with love.
My precious Mother never owned a pair of white ladies gloves.
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Her face grew aged and her skin wrinkled by the sun
But her voice still sounded like it did when I was young.
Her fingers grew crooked and I know she felt pain
But she was always smiling and seldom complained.
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She never owned a real diamond ring or wore a golden chain.
She helped me bury my first little dog and we both cried in the rain.
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She washed my shoe laces and kept them all white.
She taught me to pray to Jesus in my bed at night.
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My Mother was closer than any person on this earth
She was more precious than diamonds or gems of great worth.
I can still see her white hair and hear her singing in that old rocking chair.
One day because of Mother we shall see Jesus in the air.
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I complained to Mother because I had no new shoes.
She reminded me of the child who had no feet and said, "You choose!"
If you have a Mother and she can still see and hear.
Give her a kiss and tell her you love her every day of the year.
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For one day Jesus might call her away
Spend time with your Mother while it is still today.
No gift is too great or even too small
A picture of Mother should hang on every ones wall.
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Written by Sybil Shearin
Copyrighted 4-14-2003
All Rights Reserved
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