I am so Proud of you

I am so proud of you my love

I see how much you share

With your little ones upon your knee

I see the tiredness in your eyes

I recognise the pain I see inside

I know how you feel because

I see myself in your eyes

When you were small and full of beans

When tiredness crept into my dreams

Yes I see myself as I was then

And now I see you as you do your best

I know you feel less that perfect

How do I know this?

It is so simple my love because

I felt the same all those years ago

I felt as you do now

I felt; less than human somehow

I felt at a loss at times

On how best to keep you safe and sound

You pushed the limits, leapt and bound

Climbed the trees just like me

Nothing could stop your adventurous streak

Your son now is so like you

So independent and determined to go and do

Why should it be different for him?

You finally understand how tired I was

You feel the same stress as I did then

You are in my shoes as you raise your sons

You feel like you are a bad mum at times

But let me tell you how it goes!

You will never feel … like all is well

There will always be some things

You maybe could have done better

But honey realise; I am less than perfect

I made mistakes and learned from them

I still feel like I could have done so much better

But now I realise that all any of us can do

Is do the best we can every moment that we can!

So rest assured you’re doing well

Your boys are so beautiful and so well behaved

I know they test your very limits at times

But why should you be any different?

That is the life every mother faces

Every one of us at some time; wonders how we could have done it better?