What Is A mother

Because a woman bore you
doesn't mean she was "motherly",
a mother is someone that tells
you, shows you in every way
that you are special, loved with
no exceptions, leaves you no
doubts. An Aunt like mine was
in my eyes and heart my mother.
She nurtured, taught, made known
her love. She is the person that
made me who i am today.
She never wavered, even as
i grew to adulthood, married
and had children, she was there,
always, even when we were
miles apart i could call and feel
the love flow over me. When
she died a piece of my heat went
with her. I visited her once a year
without fail. After her death i was
lost, i reached for the phone many
times to call only to remember,,,,,
So when Mothers Day comes
around i think with much love
and gratitude to the woman
whom i call MOM.