Mom and Dad were reading in the den
Mom said, "I'm gonna go to bed, it's late."
She went to the kitchen to make three
school lunches, another night in a mother's day.
Put the cereal bowls out for breakfast,
set the coffee maker for 6:00 am,
sewed a loose button on brother's shirt for him.

Checked sister's math homework, sent a note to the teacher,
added eggs to the grocery list,
started a load of wash, 
made sure the doors were locked,
put water in the puppy's dish
wrote a check to the children's piano teacher
turned the dishwasher on
and Dad called out, 
"Honey what's takin' you so long?"

Have I ever thanked you 
for everything you've done?
Now all that I can say is, 
"I love you Mom."

Hung some art on the refrigerator door and
headed up the stairs
Kissed all the children and helped sister comb her wavy golden hair,
washed her make-up off and turned on the bath
laid down in the moon soft light
and kissed Dad good night

Have I ever thanked you 
for everything you've done?
Now all that I can say is, 

"I love you Mom."

Thank you for nursing me through 
all those colds and fevers
Thank you for believin' in me when 
there were no other believers
and it's never to late to say 

"I love you Mom".