My daughter, my sweetheart, wrote this poem to me and I thought to share it with you\u2026 Enjoy. <\/em><\/p>\nBeing born is not something to share<\/p>\n
In fact it is something to bear<\/p>\n
What if you had to take care of the baby all day long?<\/p>\n
Your husband doesn\u2019t care and is in Hong Kong<\/p>\n
Your mother sometimes doesn\u2019t bear you anymore<\/p>\n
And she always feels sour and sore<\/p>\n
Out of how mad she is<\/p>\n
That her husband doesn\u2019t want to admit that the baby is also his<\/p>\n
The job is hard<\/p>\n
So just let your mother sit in the yard<\/p>\n
And just leave her alone<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t talk to her or she\u2019ll bite you to the bone<\/p>\n
Every mother could be like that<\/p>\n
So just make her happy and give her a hat<\/p>\n
Only to tell her that<\/p>\n
You\u2019re the best mother I could ever have<\/p>\n
Be happy and laugh<\/p>\n
To know you have a great mother<\/p>\n
Thanks mom<\/p>\n
-Sanna Ali<\/p>\n
Eman Sayed<\/em><\/p>\nEman Sayed lives in Cairo, Egypt, with her four children and is interested in religious studies, parenting, and health.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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