So honored to have been asked to write a poem for the Marmion Academy Mothers' Club Spring Luncheon. The composition entitled "Where You Go, I Will Go" gives tribute to the special relationship between mothers and sons and is thematically rooted in the Book of Ruth.
By Michele Kelly
My son, my little one
“Where you go, I will go”
“Where you stay, I will stay”
Oh, Ruth, you knew
My son, my little one
Time plays tricks
Forever seems as endless as the sky
And the tiny violet your chubby hand so carefully picked just for me
I thought it would last forever
All those muddy knees
And little broken hearts
So many sidelines where I stood from afar
Watching you learn and grow, fail and triumph
Ruth, you knew
That little boys grow up to be young men
Brave and resolute and unwavering
Sons of our Lord, soldiers of Christ
Again, we return to the sidelines, the sidelines of our son’s life
We watch as he walks silently toward his purpose
My son, my little one
You will always be with me
Because a mother’s heart
Is a place where time does not exist
A place where love lives without condition or reason
My son, my little one
“Where you go, I will go”
“Where you stay, I will stay”
Forever remember this, my son
My little one