HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

The Little Things

It is the little things that count

And give a mother pleasure -

The things her children bring to her

Which they so richly treasure...

The picture that is smudged a bit

With tiny fingerprints,

The colored rock, the lightning bugs,

The sticky peppermints;

The ragged, bright bouquet of flowers

A child brings, roots and all - These things delight a mother's heart

Although they seem quite small.

A mother can see beauty

In the very smallest thing

For there's a little bit of heaven

In a small child's offering.

- Katherine Nelson Davis