In Honor of Mother's Day

Written by Velma Dora Cochren Terry on March 25, 1958, to honor her mother, Annie Brown Cochren, and then dedicated to her after her death in 1961.  From the book In Her Own Words: The Inspirational Poetry of Velma Terry, edited with history by her daughter, Marilyn A. Hudson. 

Mother!

Be kind to your mother

For when you were small

The cradle was rocked by her hand.

She tenderly watched, and

Oft times she prayed;

Her tears as the grains of sand.

Many times at her knee

At the closing of day,

Your childish prayer was said;

She kissed you good night,

And lovingly smiled, as

She carried you off to your bed.

Be kind to your mother

For lo on her brow,

Many traces of sorrow are seen;

We’ll may you cherish

And comfort her now

For loving and kind she has been.

She taught you of faith

In Gods, holy word

She told you of heavens above;

So remember her now

When she’s growing old

Don’t fail her, she needs all your love.

Mark 7.10

Exodus 20.12

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