MAKEDA's BLOG

Your voice is so soft and low, an excellent thing in a woman...

We Are Friends

Whether the day is good or bad,

Whether I feel happy or sad,

If I have a need, you’ll comprehend;

You’ll be there to share and be a friend.

Other people may fill my day,

But never in such an important way;

We support each other ‘round all life’s bends,

It feels so good that we are friends.

Happy birthday

Another Year

I’m wishing you another year

Of laughter, joy and fun,

Surprises, love and happiness,

And when your birthday’s done,

I hope you feel deep in your heart,

As your birthdays come and go,

How very much you mean to me,

More than you can know.

Happy Birthday, Special Treasure

God gave a gift to the world when you were born—

a person who loves, who cares,

who sees a person’s need and fills it,

who encourages and lifts people up,

who spends energy on others

rather than herself,

someone who touches each life she enters,

and makes a difference in the world,

because ripples of kindness flow outward

as each person you have touched, touches others.

Your birthday deserves to be a national holiday,

because you are a special treasure

for all that you’ve done.

May the love you have shown to others

return to you, multiplied.

I wish you the happiest of birthdays,

and many, many more,

so that others have time to appreciate you

as much as I do.

"Happy Mother's Day" means more

Than have a happy day.

Within those words lie lots of things

We never get to say.

It means I love you first of all,

Then thanks for all you do.

It means you mean a lot to me,

And that I honor you.

But most of all, I guess it means

That I am thinking of

Your happiness on this, your day,

With pleasure and with love.

I know how difficult I've made your life

Now that you've brought home another father.

You have your new dominion as a wife

While I still mourn the absence of the other.

And yet I recognize your right to choose

The man you love, whatever I might feel.

Life is not a game to win or lose:

For that the pain on both sides is too real.

It therefore is my place to make a place

Within my heart for one who lives in yours.

There is no way to do this but with grace,

For one must be at home with open doors.

Please forgive the failure of my love.

Your love for me should mine for your love move.

I never had a real mom, but

I've had a mom that's real

In all the things that moms should do,

And all the things moms feel.

I never had a mother, but

I've had a mother's love.

I've had the kisses and the hugs

That therapists speak of.

I guess I should be crazy with

The things that I've been through.

But I've had all a kid could need

Because I have had you.

A mother's love determines how

We love ourselves and others.

There is no sky we'll ever see

Not lit by that first love.

Stripped of love, the universe

Would drive us mad with pain;

But we are born into a world

That greets our cries with joy.

How much I owe you for the kiss

That told me who I was!

The greatest gift--a love of life--

Lay laughing in your eyes.

Because of you my world still has

The soft grace of your smile;

And every wind of fortune bears

The scent of your caress.