The Best Parts of Me
Written by Rebecca.

She loves me.

Her soothing face makes me smile.
It makes me want to laugh and dance.
I could stare at her for quite awhile.

She made me what I am.

At least the good parts I'll give her credit for.
Because of her my life means more.

She's what I live for.

She's the one I want to make proud.
She's the one I want to make smile.
Hers is the face I look for in the crowd.

I will love her forever
No matter where I go, what I do, what I see,
She's my mom—I love her.
She loves me.



Please Don't Give Up On Me Now
Written by Rebecca. May 2007

Don't give up on me now
Growing up, you were my hero.
You were the sunshine to my day.
You are what made me happy.
You are what I thanked God for when I would pray.

You raised me the best way you could.
You showed me the path I should go.
You taught me about good things and bad things.
You helped me to learn and to grow.

The basics of life were laid out for me.
The path I should take seemed so clear.
Because of the things you had taught me,
There should have been nothing to fear.

And then life went and took over.
And I grew up so quickly, so fast.
And suddenly life put a fork in the road,
With obstacles I couldn't look past.

I now was an adult, the choices were mine,
I had to decide which way to go.
So I chose the one that seemed to be good,
It was the path where the trees didn't grow.

I started my journey on this clear little path,
It was a nice little journey to start,
And as I walked further along this clear path,
The two paths grew further apart.

I thought I was happy on this little path.
It made me feel independent and free.
But the further I walked down the path I was on,
The further your path parted from me.

And soon we were on two different life paths,
And they intertwined occasionally.
But again I'd move further down my little path,
And again you'd get further from me.

But God intervened, because He knew that He must,
He did something that had to be done,
He put up a road block on both of our paths
They halted and turned into one.


I wasn't quite sure to begin with,
I wasn't sure if it would work out,
But after a while I realized
With God you never should doubt.

Those months with you were the happiest I'd had,
Since I left from that path that you were on,
And slowly we started walking together again,
The road blocks that were put up were now gone.

And soon after the paths had combined,
Another fork in the road we had found,
And I chose to walk along the path next to you,
But I slipped and I fell to the ground.

I should have asked you to help me up,
But I wanted to let you see,
That I could do it all on my own,
I didn't need you carrying me.

So I told you to go on, I'd catch up in a bit,
And I brushed myself off from the fall,
And I tried catching up, but the further we got,
The harder it was to see you at all.

And soon enough I came to another
Point where I had to choose
So again I took the path with fewer trees,
What did I have to lose?

It didn't take long for me to see
That this wasn't the path I should take
And I know I don't want to be on this road
But I don't want to admit my mistake.

And I don't want you to worry about me,
I'm supposed to be on my own
I chose to be on this path by myself,
It's supposed to show you I've grown.

But all it has shown is unhappiness,
I wish I could be next to you
And hopefully since I've not been here long
My wish will turn out to come true.


But please, please, please realize
The choices I make in this life
Are choices that I made all by myself
Even the choices that may cause me strife

You did the best a mother can do
You taught me the things I should know
You gave me the basics of life that I needed
To help me make decisions to help me to grow.

So now I am at yet another fork,
I know this won't be the last
But this one I am trying a different course
A different one from the past

This one looks like it will be a lot more work
There are bushes and flowers and trees
And I'll have to work if I want to make it
To the glorious oceans and seas

And I hope when I get there you'll be waiting
And I hope I'll see your bright face
For yours is the brightness that moves me along
It's your smile that keeps me in the race.

So don't give up on me now
Keep cheering me on as I go
I'll have bumps and bruises and will fall many times
But please, please, please know…

These lives that we live are not easy
And I'm trying as best I know how
To keep standing up every time that I fall
Just don't give up on me now.