<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=342385" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Mother's Collection: Tissues, Bones, And Blood (fourth)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Fourth Born</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>While they were carefully restoring<br>The damaged done to the sacred house<br>I heard a whisper in my ear, <br>“Mother you have a baby girl.”<br>I had thought I would have another<br>boy and would call him “Lanzy- granddaddy’s name”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Like my first born, I asked myself, what to do with<br>This little pink bundle of joy? <br>Oh my, a girl! Your dad jumped for joy for<br>the little girl born of my tears, tears, and pains.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now a quarter century later- right before my eyes-<br>You’ve become a beautiful daughter, wife, mother, and sister.<br>Your passion to be and to do your best is evident in all of this.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A mother learns much from her daughter: <br>To be a good listener, <br>An astute debater who gets in the last word. <br>To be caring and compassionate. <br>Be her mother instead of her girl friend…<br>Our reign as females are evident in all of these.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now allow me to present my gift to you…<br>Oh, how I wish to give you diamonds and sapphires; <br>Rubies and emeralds! <br>Sorry darling, those things I have not.<br>But this I have a whole lot: “my eternal, unconditional love”</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>April 12,2006</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Almedia+Knight+Oliver">Almedia Knight Oliver</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=342385" data-title="A Mother's Collection: Tissues, Bones, And Blood (fourth) de Almedia Knight Oliver" data-description="Fourth Born While they were carefully restoring The damaged done to the sacred house I heard a whisper in my ear, “Mother you have a baby girl.” I had thought I would have another boy and would call him “Lanzy- granddaddy’s name” Lik..."></div> </div> </div>

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