Happy Mothers Day!!!

I could add a few lines to this poem that are based on my own reality, but I'll refrain from spoiling it.

When You Thought I Wasn't Looking

by Mary Rita Schilke Korzan

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When you thought I wasn't looking

You hung my first painting on the refrigerator

And I wanted to paint another.

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When you thought I wasn't looking

You fed a stray cat

And I thought it was good to be kind to animals.

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When you thought I wasn't looking

You baked a birthday cake just for me

And I knew that little things were special things.

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When you thought I wasn't looking

You said a prayer

And I believed there was a God that I could always talk to.

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When you thought I wasn't looking

You kissed me good-night

And I felt loved.

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When you thought I wasn't looking

I saw tears come from your eyes

And I learned that sometimes things hurt

--But that it's alright to cry.

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When you thought I wasn't looking

You smiled

And it made me want to look that pretty too.

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When you thought I wasn't looking

You cared

And I wanted to be everything I could be.

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When you thought I wasn't looking --I looked

...And wanted to say thanks

For all those things you did

When you thought I wasn't looking.

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