Single Mom

The girls and I continued to have a great day.  We ended up going ice-skating because what else would you do on Mother's Day in Hawaii right?  Fact is, when Dad is gone you do whatever to keep the time moving.  At dinner tonight Olivia surprised me with a few gifts.  One was this poem titled Single Mom.  I am having a proud moment so please indulge:

No one to help you

As two pairs

Of needing, helpless eyes

And greedy, playful hands

Wait for you.

Your only refuge

Miles away, fighting the current

But you are brave, strong.

Your love and determination can do this

Again.

Your soft voice

Warm hands

Tell your burden

"It's alright, try again

The worst is over, all you have to do

Is wait"

Patience is key

As you calm, cook and care

All alone.

You have done this for as long as I can remember

The rock of my life.

Funny, we all try our hardest to pretend one of us isn't missing, but it comes out in it's own way.  How lovely that hers comes out in poetry.  I do love my expressive, loving, little girl.