A Mother’s Love

God gave you to me, little one

A precious gift to love

To guard and keep while here on earth

In trust for heaven above.

Breathed life into your tiny frame

Which now so quietly lies

Beside me, and He lit the stars

That shine within your eyes.

Gave you a smile that has the power

Whatever cross I bear

To lift my soul to heights of joy

And to sustain me there.

God gave you to me, little one

And may He grant to me

The wisdom and the love to guide

As he would have you be.

JN June 1957 (humbly reproduced, how lucky I was)