I don’t know where I got this but I saw this right now in my old files. I find it very nice to share to the mothers this coming Mother’s Day. Here it is…
When You Thought I Wasn’t Looking
Mary Rita Schilke Korzan
When you thought I wasn’t looking you hung my first painting on the refrigerator, and I wanted to paint another.
When you thought I wasn’t looking you fed a stray cat, and I thought it was good to be kind to animals. When you thought I wasn’t looking you baked a birthday cake just for me, and I knew that little things were special things.
When you thought I wasn’t looking you said a prayer, and I believed there was a God I could always talk to.
When you thought I wasn’t looking you kissed me goodnight, and I felt loved.
When you thought I wasn’t looking I saw tears come from your eyes, and I learned that sometimes things hurt — that it’s all right to cry.
When you thought I wasn’t looking you smiled, and it made me want to look that pretty, too. When you thought I wasn’t looking you cared, and I wanted to be everything I could be.
When you thought I wasn’t looking — I looked and wanted to say THANKS for all those things that you did when you thought I wasn’t looking.