EDNA WILLIAMS

THINKING ABOUT OUR DEAR MOM ON MOTHER'S DAY MAY 8 2022. [ A MOM WAS PREPARING A SUNDAY DINNER
WHEN OUT OF THE CORNER OF HER EYE SHE SEES HER
2 YOUNG DAUGHTERS STANDING IN THE CORNER OF THE KITCHEN WHISPERING TO EACH OTHER WHAT IS IT GIRLS?
SHE REPLIED THE OLDEST DAUGHTER HANDS HER A NEATLY FOLDED PIECE OF PAPER AFTER WIPING HER
HANDS ON HER APRON SHE READ IT AND THIS IS WHAT IT
SAID ] { FOR BRUSHING OUR TEETH $1.00 FOR MAKING OUR BEDS $1.00 FOR GOING TO THE CORNER STORE FOR
YOU .50 FOR CLEANING OUR ROOM $1.00 FOR GETTING
GOOD REPORT CARDS $2.00 } [WELL THE MOM LOOKED AT THEM STANDING THERE AND A THOUSAND MEMORIES
FLASHED THROUGH HER MIND SO SHE TURNED THE PAPER OVER AND THIS IS WHAT SHE WROTE ]
{ FOR THE 9 MONTHS I CARRIED YOU GROWING INSIDE OF
ME (NO CHARGE) FOR ALL THE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS I SAT
UP WITH YOU BOTH WHEN YOU WERE SICK (NO CHARGE)
FOR ALL THE TIME AND TEARS AND THE COST THROUGHOUT THE YEARS (NO CHARGE) FOR ALL THE
FOOD TOYS AND CLOTHES AND FOR WIPING YOUR NOSE
(NO CHARGE) SO GIRLS WHEN YOU ADD IT UP THE FULL
COST OF MY LOVE IS ( NO CHARGE) } [AFTER SHE FINISHED
WRITING SHE FOLDED THE PAPER AND HANDED IT BACK
TO THE OLDEST DAUGHTER AFTER THEY FINISHED READING IT THEY HAD GREAT BIG TEARS IN THEIR EYES
AND THEY LOOKED UP AT HER AND SAID "MAMA
WE SURE DO LOVE YOU" THEN THE OLDEST DAUGHTER TOOK THE PEN AND IN GREAT BIG LETTERS SHE WROTE
"PAID IN FULL" 🍦 ( THANK YOU MOM YOU GAVE US A WORLD FULL OF HAPPINESS WITHOUT YOUR LOVE WHERE WOULD WE BE) 🍦 💕LOVE YOU JANET & PAM