No one can really ever take a mother's place in any child's heart for the love and sacrifice a mom can do for her child.

“Mothers and Daughters”

There is a cord between us

not yet cut

On it we move

like tightrope walkers

novices

uncertain of the net

Take tentative steps

across the gulf

toward one another

Careful

not wishing to turn back

Hopeful

that keeping balance

we can meet

can then embrace

and pass each other

as we must

—Maude Meehan

This is a very touching, heart melting poem written by Maude Meehan which made me cry the first time I read it.