Yesterday when we were at training we received a packet of lots of information regarding adopted children & how raising adopted children in this culture can sometimes be hard. But, also in this packet included many poems & inspiring remarks from adoptive parents and adoptees. I will continue to make different postings with that information...the one I was drawn to immediately was this one...
Once there were two women
Who never knew each other.
One you do not remember,
The other you call Mother.
Two different lives,
Shaped to make yours one.
One became your guiding star,
The other became your sun.
The first gave you life,
The second taught you to live in it.
The first gave you a need for love,
And the second was there to give it.
One gave you a nationality,
The other gave you a name.
One gave you the seed of talent,
The other gave you an aim.
One gave you emotions,
The other calmed your fears.
One saw your first smile,
The other dried your tears.
One gave you up,
It was all that she could do.
The other prayed for a child,
And was led straight to you.
And now you ask me through your tears,
The age-old question through the years:
Heredity or environment - which were you a product of?
Neither, my darling, neither -
Just two different kinds of love.
1 comment:
This is one of the ones I have loved too...I'm planning on putting it some where in BG's room.
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