So Much Work

It's too much work she said
Making her children's clothes
Baking her own bread
She got through it

Teaching my child to cook
It's easier to do it myself
Then she got that sweet look
As her child helped with dinner

Teaching her child to put gas in a car
What if they spill it and waste money
As the child learned the lesson went far
She was so glad she did

Coaxing her children to help with cleaning
Was way too hard so she tried to make it fun
It deepened their ties gave time together meaning
The efforts paid off

Giving her child lessons in values and self respect
Was a tough one to teach amid frowns and eye rolls
In life it helped them so much to self protect
It came in handy

Showing her children that their body is a temple
To be taken care of while saving sex for marriage
She was so grateful that she had taught an example
It made life so much easier

Now her work was complete with her children grown
It was so much work to teach to guide to nurture
She did it all though their futures at the time were unknown
Though forgotten her efforts live forever