Our Book, Pt. 5

Good day, everyone. I hope you are enjoying the excerpts from our book, W.O.W. created w.o.w. I am enjoying choosing them for you. Today, I thought that I would pay tribute to my Mother, Lula M. Carr. Though she no longer walks this earthbound plane, the legacy she built still remains.

$35 A Week

$35 a week is not very much

That is what the lady lived on

And she took care of three kids, with such

Meager earnings at this –

Life in her household was anything but bliss.

But she drove her children forward

With a determination that was fierce

Reach for the stars was what she always said

As through the homework-laden night

Her strident voice would often pierce.

Her relentless struggle for her children

And her stalwart belief in God

Gave that tired mother more than enough

Stamina to last, even when the tide was tough.

She got her children through school

And saw them become productive young adults

She got to bump her first grandbaby on her knee

And lived to see that he was the first in a long line

Of her blessed posterity.

At the close of her long life, she looked

At her daughter with a satisfied smile

And said, I am proud of your accomplishments daughter

And I'm glad that you took a page of learning for me

But most of all, I am thankful that the God of heaven

Sent you to be my child.

A tribute to Lula M. Carr, My Mother

1.    Which do you think was written first, the poem, “$35 A Week or the story, “Momma and the Rent Man.” Why? Give evidence from the poem and from the story to substantiate your assertion.

2.     In line 8 what does Reach for the stars mean?

3.     Define strident from line 10.

4.     Make a biblical application to the poem. A personal one.

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When we no longer walk this earthbound plane 

The legacy we build will still remain.

The truth of the above quote is why I often close my blogging sessions with, “Doing What I Can, While I Can.”

Doing What I Can, While I Can,

Alma Jones