Yvette

Mother to Son "Well,son,I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stairs. It's had tacks in it, And splinters,and boards torn up, And place with no carpet on the floor- Bare. But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on, And reachin'landin's, And turnin' corners, And sometimes goin' in the dark Where there ain't been no light. So, boy, don't you turn back. Don't you set down on the steps. 'Cause you finds it's kinder hard. Don't you fall now- For I'se still goin', honey, I'se still climbin', And life for me ain't been no crystal stairs."Langston Hughes sums it up, but one of gospel greats ends my story with "God, has been good to me, more than this old world or you could ever be, He's been so good to me. He dried all of my tears away, turned my midnight into day, so instead of complaining, I'll say thank you Lord, I won't complain.