From One Single Mother to Another - a Poem

No one knows what it's like to be a single mom
Unless you are one
No one can quite understand
The job that needs to be done

The years of struggling
Just to pay the bills
Trying to keep going
Even when you're ill

No one knows what it's like
To put all your wants and desires last
There isn't time for those
With your child growing up so fast

But God hears your prayers
As you try to do things right
And God sees the tears
That you cry in the night

He knows how much you love your child
For that's how He loves you
And how you want the best for her
For that's what He wants too

All that you have done for her
Has not been done in vain
For a child is meant to walk the path
You spent the years to train

In this life there's many changes
And we often face the unknown
But through the times of difficulty
Are the times that we have grown

So anytime you feel alone
Lift your eyes to the one who cares
He will never leave you to do it yourself
He's the Father that's always there