When I spill some food on my nice clean dress 

Or maybe forget to tie my shoe 

Please be patient and perhaps reminisce 

About the many hours I spent with you 

When I taught you how to eat with care 

Plus tying laces and your numbers too 

Dressing yourself and combing your hair

Those precious hours spent with you 

So when I forget what I was about to say 

Just give me a minute or two 

It probably wasn't important anyway 

And I would much rather listen to you 

If I tell a story one more time 

And you know the ending through and through 

Please remember your first nursery rhyme 

When I rehearsed a hundred times with you 

When my legs are tired and it's hard to stand 

Or walk the steady pace I would like to do 

Please take me carefully by the hand 

And guide me now as I so often did for you 

Love Mom 

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