"FINDING MOM" by Jeff Leslie 9/13/02


Once upon a time a young spirit
Flew through the heavens for fun
One day the Maker of all that there is
Called to the child and said, "Come."

"Look through the eye of this spy glass
To the right of that bright yellow sun
There I've created a planet called earth
Earlier I sent there My Son

"I've set before you a great mission
To go to this earth for a time
And tell everybody you happen to meet
About this great heaven of Mine

"The road that you take won't be easy
But I won't make you go it alone
Find someone to raise you who'll make you prepared
And make your heart willing and strong."

So I looked through the eye of His spy glass
Across the four corners of earth
Examined each woman down there I could find
Waiting for time to give birth

Her heart must be full of compassion
Her life must give honor to God
She must know the way to make cookies and cakes
But not know the way to the rod

She's got to have love for her husband
And be eager to help all her friends
And it never hurts to have had kids before
But I want to be at the end

The last child gets all the attention
And learns from mistakes others made
By the time she's had me then her patience will be
Long enough to let me have my way

She has to enjoy reading stories
And know all the nursery rhymes
She must sing like a bird and know hundreds of songs
And sing through the house at all times

And finally, now this is important
At the end of a long and hard day
She must take the time as she tucks me in bed
To teach me, while young, how to pray

Because later I'll once again need her
To do for me what she does best
Tell me, when I ask the meaning of life
"Just to love and let God do the rest."

Somewhere in South Oklahoma
For someone named Lois, it's time
For I've studied the life of each mother on earth
And for me she's the best I could find

Now I've just turned around and she's 80
And I see that my choice wasn't wrong
After all that she's been through, when I visit home
I still hear her singing a song

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