It seems to me we need employ
The safest way to display joy
On our great nation’s holiday
From all of us Happy Birthday !
CENTENNIAL ( 2013 ) 2013/07/20
Today is my mother’s hundredth birthday
Now how can that be, seems just yesterday
That we sat together to bid goodbye
In that quiet place you could hear a sigh.
A squeeze of the hand and a fond farewell
Are all I recall and all I can tell
Her smile was a gift and pleasant surprise
She was simple and kind, loving and wise.
How lucky was I to have her with me
She kept me grounded and prejudice free.
Miss you a bunch Mom, no matter how far
And wish you my love wherever you are.
Claire V. Bogdanos 