Mother's Heart

                        What makes a mother?
                        ties of blood?
                        nine months waiting?
                        strands of DNA?
                        sharing the same flesh?
                        or is it more..deeper within the heart and soul?

                        A woman..
                        a mother's heart
                        filled with joy pain, elation, shame
                        filled with love, pride, emotions without names
                        a myriad rainbow of feelings within each day
                        roller coaster ride through time

                        a mother
                        made in the soul
                        not by genes

                        the ability to give..unselfishly
                        the ability to love..unconditionally
                        the ability to accept come what may
                        the strength to teach
                        the fortitude to stand..no matter what
                        to lay your life at your child's very feet
                        the toughest job anyone could ever have
                        a true labor of love