Momma

I can still see you standing right there

While I sat watching from my wooden chair

Right at the kitchen table we’d stay

While you were cooking the evening away

A joyful smile on your beautiful face

Making that kitchen a heavenly place

Oh Momma, I’m thanking you for everything

For the giving, the loving, the hope that you bring

Thank you for having the patience for me

When I was just learning who I wanted to be

You gave me my roots, but you gave me the sky

And high like an eagle, you let me fly

When supper was over and dishes were clean

You’d open the Bible and show what it means

Reading the verses and sharing the Word

With the sweetest old stories that I ever heard

You taught me of faith with a spirit so mild

Just a mother pouring her heart in her child

Oh Momma, I’m thanking you for everything

For the giving, the loving, the hope that you bring

Thank you for having the patience for me

When I was just learning who I wanted to be

You gave me my roots, but you gave me the sky

And high like an eagle, you let me fly

I know that I tested your patience a lot

But you never held back the grace that you brought

You lifted me up when I needed a breeze

And prayed for my journey right down on your knees

Now every time that I look at the blue

I count all my blessings and think about you

I carry your lessons wherever I roam

Because of you, Momma, my heart has a home

Oh Momma, I’m thanking you for everything

For the giving, the loving, the hope that you bring

Thank you for having the patience for me

When I was just learning who I wanted to be

You gave me my roots, but you gave me the sky

And high like an eagle, you let me fly

Yeah, high like an eagle, you let me fly