Jefferson Area CHIP
Text Box: Have any man wondered What a mother goes through When rising a child by herself? Do they care how many times their children sit in the window? Waiting, hoping and wanting for their father To come through the door just to see them. Mothers with a soft cry I could remember when I was a kid That we didn’t have much money. My mother was always trying to put her pennies together Just so we could have eggs, bread, And maybe some hot dogs for the week. Mothers with a soft cry Then you see the mother who has two kids And the babies father in jail for robbery. He was robbing people because the high cost of living Has gone up so much and no one wants to help, Cause all they see is a thug. Now this mother has tell his kids Why their father won’t be around for some years. Mothers with a soft cry How about the mother who has six kids on welfare, No man wants to step up and help her with these kids. People like to sit there and talk about how she is unmarried With different fathers to each one of her kids. If there was a husband then maybe people wouldn’t talk. Mothers with a soft cry There is one mother who I couldn’t forget about The mother who is rising a child with cerebral palsy. She is doing it by herself with some help from her mother Who does all she can with time she has at the end of the day. Her child at this time won’t walk, talk And his father doesn’t care to be in his life. He thinks by paying only 200.00 dollars a month in child supports That he has done his part. But this child’s mother is always the one Who holds his hands in the hospital when there is an emergency. This child gets more love than his father thinks he needs. At times the mother hurts because She wishes she could do more for her child who is very disable. Mothers with a soft cry Text Box: Growing Healthy Communities Through Healthy Children