Mother's Homilies

Eat everything that’s on your plate

Good things come to those who wait

‘Careful how you make your bed

You gotta lie in it.

A penny saved a penny earned

Don’t play with fire you won’t get burned

Don’t look for trouble or you’ll see

It’s gonna find you.

Her voice, unbidden, I still hear

And I whisper in my baby’s ear

‘Careful how you make your bed

Grandma loves you

‘Nuff said.

Susan Odetta

February 2008