In loving memory of my sweet mother, Martha L. McDaniel, McBride, who passed away May 3, 2005.

Everything I learned about love, I learned from my mother,

Who ran to help me when I fell,

And would some pretty story tell, or kiss the place to make it well.

Oh God, for others let me be, at least half the blessing my dear mother has been to me.

I could not keep you forever, but our memories I hold close in my heart, for you will always be my dearest mother.

I love you, mother.