"A Mother's Gift"

The following poem by Alice Leedy Mason entitled, “A Mother’s Gift,” expresses the fact that there are many mothers across our land who cannot financially give their children what they “want” but they can give them what they “need” — far exceeding anything that money can buy.

“She could not give her children gold,
So she gave them faith to have and hold.
She could not give them royal birth ….
A name renowned throughout the earth,
But she gave them seeds and a garden spot
And shade trees when the sun was hot.

She could not give a silver spoon
Or servants waiting night and noon.
She gave them love and a listening ear
And told them God was always near.

She could not give them ocean trips
Aboard majestic sailing ships,
But she gave them books and a quiet time,
Adventures found in prose and rhyme.

She could not give them worldly things
But what she gave was fit for kings,
For with her faith and books and sod
She made each child aware of God.” —Alice Leedy Mason

—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets