Happy Mother’s Day to all from Grieb Ranch. This poem was written by Ms. Penny and the hand artist is our own little Mr. P who is in preschool.
This rainbow was painted especially for you
With red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple too.Thank you for holding my little hand.
You are the best Mommy in all the land.Be there clouds, rainbows or blue skies above,
You will forever have all my love.Happy Mother’s Day!
Love,
Me
Hope you have a Great Mother’s Day!
Kind and gentle, loving and giving,
She is truly a model for daily living.
Compassionate, selfless and caring,
She lives her life entirely by sharing.
A beautiful, pure, saintly soul,
A woman with a heart of gold.
A wonderful mom and grandma too
Who unconditionally loves her babes no matter what they do.
A lady of many talents is she,
Like cooking, sewing, quilting, all three.
She may call or visit to bring homemade bread
Or a handmade gift sewn with golden thread.
She knows how to balance her work and her play,
And save a task for another day.
Contented to curl up by the fire with her kitty and a book
On a quiet day in a cozy little nook.
She tenderly shares her Godly heritage now
And shines God’s light upon all of us somehow.
And hopes all will receive faith in the Word
By hearing the good news of the truth they have heard.
She is loved by her family ever so dearly.
Her inestimable worth is seen very clearly.
So these words to her I now send
To show that my love to her will never ever end.
My love to you mom from your daughter Sandi
“Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.” Proverbs 31:30
(Sandi’s Mother was Lorna Grieb. Sandi currently is the owner/operator of Grieb Farmhouse Inn)
Grandma Gertrude Grieb and her daughters.
Four Generations
Lorna, Sandi, Julie, Lily
Written by Margie Grieb Runels and read in church Mother’s Day 1980.
Proverbs 31:28-29 “Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: ‘Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.’ “
Having a Christian Mother meant . . . having to go to Good News Club or Sunday School when you would rather be out playing and always being encouraged to learn new Bible Verses.
It meant . . . going to Bible Camps and Daily Vacation Bible School in the summer and maybe even getting stuck with your mother as a teacher .
It meant . . . helping around the house instead of watching cartoons on Saturday morning.
It meant . . . getting up early to feed animals before school, in order to learn responsibility.
It meant . . . being punished when you did something wrong and always being expected to tell the truth.
It meant . . . sharing your food and especially the cookies with every Tom, Dick or Harry who lost a loved one, had surgery, or just was having a hard time.
It meant . . . not knowing if your friends liked you for yourself, or because your mother was the best home room Mother, 4-H leader and Sunday School teacher around.
It meant . . . saying grace even when you thought you were starving to death, and having family devotions when you would rather be sleeping.
It meant . . . always having a clean house and being expected to keep your room looking half way decent.
It meant . . . having parents that loved each other and who were still sitting by each other in the front seat of the car when you were a teenager.
It meant . . . being kicked out of your bed for every missionary or singing group that came along -and having to share the bathroom with several foster kids and exchange students over the years.
It meant . . . praying for a safe trip and then singing gospel choruses all the way to your destination, instead of listening to the latest songs on the radio.
It meant . . . being always expected to do your best.
It meant . . . being told corny things like, “I love you” every day and always having her around when you got home from school, wanting to know all about your day.
It meant . . . having someone praying for you all the time, even when you didn’t think you needed to be prayed for.
It meant . . . having someone around smiling, praising God and even sharing Bible verses when you felt like just being a grump or feeling sorry for yourself.
Having a Christian Mother meant growing up and suddenly realizing you have the BEST MOTHER in the World.
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A loving heart is the truest wisdom-Charles Dickens