Saturday, June 1, 2019

Happy Birthday! Mom! 92-years!


Happy Birthday! Mom!
(June 2, 2019---92-years!...Wow!)
Country-Mamma!
 
Happy Birthday! Mom! God-bless you! Mother! Thank-you!
Comes foundation-Love! Faith! Family! Freedom! I-knew!
 
Southern-bred in ole Nashville-town Southern-Momma spawned
(simple-humble)-I! A Rebel! Racal! Rogue! Rapscallion!-dawned!
 
Nearly still herself a child, came a Tennessee-“challenge” dearly-born
A Southern-son of a “Country”-Momma never suffered Love!-forlorn
 
Golden fried-chicken venue (Southern-style), white-gravy, cornbread
Lemon 3”-meringue pie! Or, substitute---cherry-custard…okay-instead
 
Kitchen-gourmet! Delicious-treat! A pretty-mom with charm-classy
Always! Her “family”-first---and, most…a pure-perfect mother-lassie
 
Demure-subtle of a sophisticated-style in poise, humor and dress
“Up” for most all-adventure participant; talent on display-impress
 
 Our childhood venue---Excellent!...Home! Fox-Lake! The-farm! Tennessee!
A “lucky”-kid! Exceedingly-blessed! To love Liberty & Freedom born-free!
 
“Work-ethic” learned from parents-exemplar! Good!---Better!...Best!
All jobs “well-done” embrace “satisfaction”; the only-true self-test
 
Poppy’s-farm to lawn-mow; 300-tomato plants to hot-sun hoe-cultivate
7 ½ acre potato-patch! Fun!? Ambition-learned! Young-lass ingratiate!
 
Adore Fox-Lake Fishing Club! A regal-royal treat! Picnic-time! Row-boat!
Dad laid the hickory-fire! Mom bar-b-que! Delicious! Consensus-note!
 
And---Beloved!...my Nashville, Tennessee! Myriad-relatives! Treasured Dixie-accent!
Love!-abounds! Granny’s culinary-delights! Aunts! Uncles! Cousins! Friends!-assent!
 
Mom singing all the Grand-ole-Opry hits; my very-favorite: The Tennessee Waltz!
Never an un-kind word for any one; Love! tender-eternal! From her sacred-vaults!
 
And---in her time-through-space…Dear-Mom! Saintly!---Often…Angelic! True!
Nothing for herself! No-complaints! Just, Praise!-Love! For all-others she knew!
 
And---(simple-humble)-I…so extraordinarily-blessed (un-deserving)-exceedingly
Had children and grandkids like parents prayed to have---but…got stuck with me!
Happy Birthday! God-bless you! Mother! Thank-you! Mom! Love, (country-boy)-Carl

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