Beverly Hicks

Born in the summer, July '58

Robert and Carrie raised a woman of faith

At twenty-one years old, your first daughter came

Then you had your second, sheltering us from the rain

A single mother working endless jobs on your feet

Running that side hustle just to make ends meet

You always made sure your two girls were okay

Putting our needs at the front every day

Mommy, you're my heartbeat, you're my everything

The beautiful center of the joy that you bring

When times were so hard, you gave love when we cried

Taught us to keep God first and walk with our pride

I wouldn't know what to do without you here

I love you so deep, let me make it so clear

Wishing you the best birthday a mother could see

Beverly Hicks, you mean the world to me

I saw your heart break when your mother passed on

After her hundredth birthday, when Carrie was gone

It broke me to my core to see the pain in your eyes

But you walked through the storm with your head held high

Never breaking down, just loving everyone near

You’d feed the whole world if you could, that is clear

Cooking and dancing, and shopping for style

Making your family light up with your smile

You showed us how to survive, how to keep pushing through

No matter who tried to hold back what we do

You helped raise our babies, our rock from the start

The sweetest great-grandma, with gold in her heart

There’s nothing I could say to prove all my love

But I thank the good Lord up above

Mommy, you're my heartbeat, you're my everything

The beautiful center of the joy that you bring

When times were so hard, you gave love when we cried

Taught us to keep God first and walk with our pride

I wouldn't know what to do without you here

I love you so deep, let me make it so clear

Wishing you the best birthday a mother could see

Beverly Hicks, you mean the world to me