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Extended Warranty (Personal Poem)  12/20/2006


History:  Christmas present for mother. She has been diagnosed with heart failure.  
But family wants her to know the many lives she touched throughout the years.  
Family is rich with love due to her and her love of God.

Extended Warranty

In the era of the Great Depression
Many folks lived in quiet desperation.
A family of sharecroppers, they were dirt poor
Lacking in material things but had so much more.

My mama was born with a heart condition that is rare,
A heart so enlarged with love she just had to share.
She didn't know any other way to be
Giving her many gifts of love was her destiny
So many lives were enriched and blessed
Old, young, rich or poor, all were impressed.

All the while there were twelve little eyes
Watching and learning her love personifies.
Like giving a penny bank when we needed bread
Mama lived by the Good Book like Jesus said.
Many times there was scarcely a dime
But Mama knew He would come through in time

There seemed to be nothing Mom couldn't do
Her talents were as many as a rainbow's hue.
One Christmas when times were tenuous and lean
The tin can ornaments were the prettiest seen.
She nurtured kids that were not her own
Many were the seeds of love sown

She raised us in the love from on high
I know she will be blessed in the sweet by and by.
But this Christmas I'd like her to see
Her life is precious to many more then just me.
She gave life and love to me,
I'd like to give her an extended warranty!!!

Exquisite Expressions   By: Ex-Rea  
© 12/20/06

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