READERS WHO WRITE SPECIAL EDITION: A Mother’s Day poem

READERS WHO WRITE SPECIAL EDITION: A Mother’s Day poem

Published 9:49 am Sunday, May 10, 2026

Frank Pangborn of Medford has written a number of Readers Who Write columns for the Rogue Valley Times. Today, we current a particular poem he wrote in honor of Mother’s Day.

MOTHER’S DAY

SHE WAS THERE WITH ME FROM THE BEGINNING

SHE WAS THERE WITH ME FROM THE START

SHE NURTURED ME THROUGH MY WEANING

SHE GAVE OF HER BODY AND HER HEART

SHE HELD ME WHEN I WAS CRYING

SHE SMILED WHEN I FIRST WALKED

SHE BANDAGED ME WHEN I SCRAPED MY KNEE

SHE LAUGHED WHEN I FIRST TALKED

SHE TOOK ME TO SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME

AND COMFORTED ME WHEN I WAS SCARED

SHE CHEERED FOR ME WHEN I SCORED A GOAL

AND SHOWED ME HOW MUCH SHE CARED

SHE NURSED ME WHEN I WAS SICK

SHE HELPED ME GET THROUGH TROUBLED DAYS

SHE LISTENED WHEN I NEEDED AN EAR

AND HELPED ME FIND MY WAY

AND WHEN I GOT TO BE OLDER

SHE NEVER, EVER SEEM TO CHANGE

SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE WHEN I NEEDED HER

LOVING AND UNWAVERING; SHE REMAINED THE SAME

MY BEST SUPPORTER AND MY FAN

BELIEVED IN ME AND INSTILLED IN ME CONFIDENCE

SHE TOLD ME I COULD DO WHATEVER I CHOSE

SHE ALWAYS MADE SO MUCH COMMON SENSE

SHE RAISED ME IN THE CHURCH

SHE TAUGHT ME RESPECT AND LOVE

SHE LED ME TO THE SAVIOR

AND THE POWER OF PRAYER TO HIM ABOVE

SHE WAS LOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER

SHE NEVER HATED OR TALKED UNKIND

TO ANYONE WHO EVER MET HER

SHE FOUND GOOD IN EVERYONE

THEN GOD DECIDED TO TAKE HER HOME

AND THE ANGELS WERE THERE TO SING

FOR THE GATES WERE OPENED WIDE

FOR MY MOTHER WHO WAS SPECIAL IN EVERYTHING

TO MOMMY, TO MOM, TO MOTHER

THERE IS NONE AS SWEET AS SHE

NO ONE CAN EVER REPLACE HER

SHE LEFT ME WITH SUCH GREAT MEMORIES – SHE MEANS THE WORLD TO ME

COMPOSED BY FRANK PANGBORN © 2026