My daughter is amazing,

Her name was going to be Holly

But, when she was born,

She looked so small and jolly

My daughter became Lauren,

I also noticed, she had piano hands,

She was born so full of love,

caring for others expectations and demands.

She gave as a child,

even her favorite toy,

everyone that met her,

Expressed such awe and joy

She moved into her teens,

when through a brief phase,

but unlike her friends,

She had a mother to raise.

Her mother has an illness she lives with,

bringing on much pain,

although it is not life threatening,

on others it can be a drain

Lauren took it upon herself,

to give extra help and love,

She always took care of responsibilities,

Instead of following others, rising well above

Even though she had more responsibility,

Lauren went overboard for a teen,

Coping with my illness, top of her class

She is every mother's dream

She then was off to college,

She was accepted at top schools out of state.

Lauren didn't want to be to far away,

So she stayed close to home, didn't even date

One time she made an exception,

had a date with her professor,

they fell in love and married,

Her love for me no lesser

She worked a full time job,

got her accelerated master's degree

no matter what life brought her way,

She always worried for me.

Her husband was hired out of state,

His field of expertise so rare,

He had to take the offer,

She worried more about not being there

No matter what I tell her,

She is this way to all,

She would not be my Lauren,

If everyday there wasn't a phone call

Now I am expecting my first grandchild,

I try so hard to set her free.

instead of thinking of herself,

everyone comes first or my Lauren she would not be.

Samantha LeBoeuf