{"id":7301,"date":"2016-05-05T11:05:02","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T15:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/?p=7301"},"modified":"2020-05-11T10:10:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T14:10:02","slug":"the-ideal-mother-poem-for-my-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2016\/05\/the-ideal-mother-poem-for-my-wife.html","title":{"rendered":"The Ideal Mother (Poem for My Wife)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7303 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/572\/2016\/05\/Mothers-day-640.jpg\" alt=\"Mother's day (640)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: red; font-size: 130%; font-style: italic;\">The Ideal Mother<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Many\u2019s the guy who\u2019s wished for a wife<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Who measured up as the perfect \u201cother\u201d.<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Yet how rare a thing to experience in life:<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">A soulmate who\u2019s also the ideal mother.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I watch my children learn week after week<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">And marvel at your attentive loving care.<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Teaching, instructing, patient, and meek<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Your time and love always willing to share.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">How blessed our children, with a mom like you<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">I couldn\u2019t be more proud; nor one bit fonder.<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Raising four Christian disciples, God\u2019s will to do.<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">So that when grown, they\u2019ll not falter or wander.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So I thank you, dear Judy, my love and my life<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">For all that you do: heart and soul of our home.<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sacrificial service without demand or strife,<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The \u201cLord\u2019s work,\u201d lest children stray or roam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I thank God every day to have found such joy:<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">A lovely time and place all six of us can share.<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Seeing spiritual growth of a girl and three boys<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">And feeling great happiness, because <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">you\u2019re<\/span> there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #009900;\">Written\u00a0on Mother\u2019s Day: 11 May 2008, 11:42 PM<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">*****<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Related Reading<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2018\/10\/high-praise-for-my-wife-judy-20th-anniversary.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">High Praise for my Wife Judy (20th Anniversary)<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">[10-6-04]\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150907000226\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/our-25th-anniversary-dream-getaway-to.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dave and Judy Armstrong\u2019s 25th Anniversary Dream Getaway to the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0(lots of photos!) [11-21-09; at Internet Archive]<\/span><\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dave.armstrong.798\/posts\/783550855013235\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Praise and Appreciation for My Beautiful, One-in-a-Million Wife Judy on the 30th Anniversary of Our Engagement<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0[Facebook, 5-18-14]<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dave.armstrong.798\/posts\/869315829770070\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Happy 30th Anniversary to My Lovely Wife Judy [October 6th] (a poem suitable for the occasion)<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">[Facebook, 10-4-14]<\/span><\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dave.armstrong.798\/posts\/1714937165207928\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Poem for My Wife Judy on Our 33rd Anniversary (October 6, 2017):\u00a0<em>More Precious Than Gold<\/em>\u00a0<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[Facebook, 10-5-17]<\/span><\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=2164084330293207&amp;set=a.200366539998339&amp;type=3\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">34th Anniversary Greetings Back and Forth<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">[Facebook, 10-6-18]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(originally posted on 5-11-08)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Photo credit:<\/span> <\/strong>Mother\u2019s Day 2015. Left to right: yours truly, Anna Loftus, son Michael (they were married on 5-21-16), Judy\u2019s mother Joan Kozora, wife Judy, and daughter Angelina (sons Matthew and Paul not in the picture)<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">[family photo]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>***** The Ideal Mother Many\u2019s the guy who\u2019s wished for a wife Who measured up as the perfect \u201cother\u201d. Yet how rare a thing to experience in life: A soulmate who\u2019s also the ideal mother. I watch my children learn week after week And marvel at your attentive loving care. 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