For All

For all you do

For all you carry

For the mental load

For doing it alone

—With help but without a person

For putting them first

For holding off on you

For giving more than you get

For the struggle that made you stronger

For surviving

For being in a club you didn’t ask to join

— knowing that only those in it could fully

understand

For the grief

For the exhaustion

For the tears

For all of it

There is joy

Joy for your strength

There is gratefulness

Gratefulness for your determination

There is love

A special love from your children

There is an unmistakable bond

A bond of warriors

There is celebration

Celebration for the humans your children are growing into

You have pushed forward

Feeling alone

But not alone

You have survived

Sometimes in darkness

Sometimes in light

You have had faith

Through prayer

And through sorrow

You found beauty

In the cracks

In the repair

Through the healing

You have done your part

And God has worked and continues

To do His part

Never leaving you alone

Never forgetting you

Always believing in you

Always providing strength

Always and forever loving you

Wrapping you and your own in kindness

And holding you all tight to His heart

What He started He will finish

And you and your own will continue to be better for it.