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Category: Relationships / Topics: Holidays • Parenting, Parents • Tribute, Testimony
The Queen
Posted: May 10, 2015
A Mother's Day tribute to my mom…
Greg and his mom, from an earlier article
She claims no throne.
She wears no crown.
Her place is not a palace.
Her dinnerware is not pure gold.
Her cup is not a chalice.
But she's a queen
and nothing less.
Her Majesty's my mother.
She's ruled my heart
since I was born.
I love her like no other.
Her Highness
is stooped low by years.
Her memory is fading.
But she can brighten up a room.
She's known for entertaining.
She pines for her departed prince.
Her kingdom is diminished.
A fog of grief now clouds her reign.
On dark days she feels finished.
I ache to see her struggle so
maneuvering her walker.
I hurt inside recalling times
I disobeyed and mocked her.
My selfish teenage attitude
ignored the grace she modeled.
I carelessly dismissed her charm
demanding to be coddled.
The pain I caused my little mom
through brutish misbehavior
she overlooked forgiving me
much like her precious Savior.
I know this queen who gave me life
will one day pass away
and so I laud her for her love
on this her special day!
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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.Greg's writings have now been assembled in book form. See the SeniorLifestyle Store. • E-mail the author (moc.loa@veRemosewA*) • Author's website (personal or primary**)
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