A Single Teardrop

Happy Birthday to the best Mom 

a little girl or grown woman 

could ever ask for!

Below is a picture that I know she holds dear to her heart and as I have grown up, it has become dear to mine too.  I based my newest poem on the story behind this picture. It is one of the sweetest stories of my childhood.  Mom had taken me to get my picture made and I cried because I didn't want to get it made all by myself.  Despite the fact that she didn't want her picture taken, she did it anyway to stop me from crying.  I was such a Momma's girl back then and to be honest, I still am!  In the picture you may see my little grin, but if you look close enough you can also see a tear in my eye.    This picture is proof of the bond that we have always shared as mother and daughter.  She has always been my rock.  It's no wonder that I consider her my best friend.  From the moment I was born she has always been there for me. 

Thank you, Mom, for always doing everything 

you could to turn my tears into smiles!   

Happy Birthday!  I love you!

A Single Teardrop

A single teardrop

On my little round face

A big ole smile

No one could erase

Momma seen my tears

As I began to cry

She didn't understand

So, she questioned me, "Why?"

I didn't want my picture

All by myself; all alone

Momma didn't want hers either

But her heart was not of stone

She gave of herself again

On what seemed an ordinary day

She sat down beside me

So everything for me would be okay

She put a smile on my face

Even with a tear in my eye

No momma wants her baby sad

Or wants her baby girl to cry

So, she put on a smile

For the camera with her girl

Not realizing one day this picture

Would mean the world

To a momma with the memory

Of her baby who loved her dear

So much that when getting her picture

She even wanted her mom near

Now the tear in her baby's eye

In the picture of the two

Brings a tear to Momma's eye

When she brings it out to view

It demonstrates a close relationship

Between daughter and Mom

A bond continued from birth

A bond that remains so strong

Even with tears in their eyes

Smiles still shine through

For the special love they share

Will stay forever and ever true

-LaDawn Cossey

January 22, 2015