A Good Thing

A Good Thing

A Mother’s Day Poem by John Marius Nelson

It’s a good thing she didn’t know
How isolated she would be
A new bride out in the country
With a baby on the way

It’s a good thing she didn’t know
How hard it would be
Caring for babies
Without electricity or plumbing

It’s a good thing she didn’t know
How hard it would be
Raising four children

With an alcoholic husband

It’s a good thing she didn’t know
When I was born
What I would be like

As a teenager

It’s a good thing She

Was young
Resourceful and
Resilient