Nineteen forty five
After the bombs fell from the sky
The war is over celebrate
Another daughter on the way

Nineteen sixty three
Just barely seventeen
In love and making plans
When he asked your dad for your hand

Nineteen sixty six
Don’t have time for politics
Your first born daughter here at last
A month before your daddy passed

Nineteen eighty six
Your youngest girls done more than kiss
Her future’s over lots of tears
The voice of god in your ears

Don’t you know, you are so strong
You can weather whatever the storm
Face down the darkness before the dawn
Small steps, deep breaths
Just love

Late night Maybe ninety three
He’s doused all her things in gasoline
Backseat waiting, we made it fast
No doubt that you could whoop his ass

Nineteen ninety five
Never bored on our long drive
Playing Scribble games down the highway
You taught me more than I could say

Two thousand three
A single grandma raising me
I know it’s not the life you chose
Teenage angst and punk rock shows

Don’t you know, you are so strong
You can weather whatever the storm
Face down the darkness before the dawn
Small steps, deep breaths
Just love

I never called you mom
But you’re the one who mothered me
You know it’s hard to navigate
That twisted family tree
you’re the woman that raised me
Raised me up with all your might
I know you struggled through heartache
And I gave you a hell of a fight
You Sang me songs every morning
That I still know to this day
you were there for every scrapped knee
For every Scribble on the page
Your the one that tucked me in at night
Held me when I was sad
You’re my one safe place
that I’m forever grateful to have had

Don’t you know, you are so strong
You can weather whatever the storm
Face down the darkness before the dawn
Small steps, deep breaths
Just love