MOTHERS' GIFTS

They say, "Give a child roots and wings;
And you'll be giving him everything."

Roots and wings she's given us kids,
Glad to be one, of the three she did.

Roots anchor when troubles doth rage,
Wings let us fly above a miserable stage.

A soft-spoken angel, loving as can be,
Ms. Pearl raised brother, sister, and me.

Accountant, baker, cook, doctor, and vet,
Are a few of her hats, we'll never forget.

"Happy Mother's Day," mother, our precious Pearl,
Daddy always bragged you're his kind of girl!