Alberta Irene Browne
(Feb. 18, 1906 - July 3, 1993)
by John Browne
SHE WAS FIRST TO GIVE
AND LAST TO TAKE
FIRST TO FEED
LAST TO EAT
SHE WAS FIRST TO TRUST
LAST TO BLAME
FIRST TO PRAISE AND
FIRST TO FORGIVE
AS A YOUTH
SHE WAS A TRICK RIDER
A HIGH DIVER AND
SHE COULD DANGLE
BY HER HEELS FROM A
MOVING FERRIS WHEEL
SHE FLEW KITES, WROTE POEMS,
SANG FUNNY OLD SONGS AND
DANCED. SHE WATCHED
CLOUDS AND TREES MOVE
SHE LOVED ICE CREAM AND
DREW LOVELY PICTURES
SHE READ THE DICTIONARY
LISTENED TO HER CHILDREN
AND WAS PROUD OF THEM
ALBERTA WAS A MUSICIAN,
NURSE, AND TEACHER.
HER LOVE AND
UNDERSTANDING
WAS WONDERFUL
SHE WAS MY MOM.