"Mother To Son" Poem by Langston Hughes: HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY TO ALL MOTHERS EVERYWHERE

"Mother To Son" Poem by Langston Hughes

Well, son, I'll tell you:
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
But all the time
I'se been a-climbin' on,
And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners,
And sometimes goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light.
So, boy, don't you turn back.
Don't you set down on the steps.
'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.
Don't you fall now—
For I'se still goin', honey,
I'se still climbin',
And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.



MOTHER'S DAY Scriptures:

Exodus 20:12
12) Honour thy Father and thy Mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Proverbs 31
".....28) Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her."

2 Timothy 1:5
"5) When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also."

Isaiah 49 14-16
"14) But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
15) Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
16) Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me. "

Proverbs 22:6
"6) Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it."

Titus 2:3-5
"3) The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
4) That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
5) To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. "


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