M …… is for the million things she gave me ,
O …… means only that she’s growing old,
T …… is for the tears she shed to save me,
H …… is for her heart of purest gold,
E …… is for her eyes , with love-light shining,
R …… means right , and right she’ll always be.
Put them all together , they spell “ MOTHER, “ A word that means the world to me.
——Howard Johnson(c.1915)
