After you are a parent for a few years you realize you will never be able to adequately thank your parents for the things they have done for you in your life. But I thought I would make one feeble attempt…
THANKS MOM & DAD
Thanks mom and dad for 2,190 baths
Thanks for a youth that went by much too fast
Thanks for 62,983 hugs and still counting
Thanks for the credit card bills that were forever mounting
Thanks for cleaning up things you’d rather not remember
Thanks for those long summer days when you didn’t shout. “When the hell is September?”
For a misspent youth that you did not question
And all the times you brought me out of my depression
Forever the questions rang down from one little guy
And you always answered them, even “Why?”
For being strong when we were weak
And trying not to let tears leak
At times I’m sure your confidence would waiver
But to me, you were always the savior
At times I’d try to play you off each other
Like “Go ask your father” “Go ask you mother”
And now I realize any game or deception
Probably hurt you from the moment of inception
Now I have my own little brood under my care
You must be smiling as if in answer to a prayer
The love for your grandchildren must be quite strong
And by now you realize my thank you list is quite long
To describe the dichotomy between parental work and love
Can’t be explained by the simple poem dictated above
It will be treasured in this bond we now share
Striving as parents to always be there
You taught me the skills of the trade without my knowing
Your example was invaluable, and it is still glowing
I may never live up to the precedent you set
But your love, compassion, and warmth are what guides me yet