how wonderful it is to be with someone
who always sees you as your best,
who spends her life picking up and setting right
what is knocked-down,
who sees what can be and says “Yes! Why not?”
what a gift it has been for each who has been
her student, her colleague, her sister, her friend,
what a gift to be the child or grandchild of this mother
so seared and graceful in the singleness
with which she has had to parent,
Ann carries a bright light
which wakes up the heart as she shares hers,
which wakes up the intellect
as she searches truly for each honest idea,
and woe be unto any
who deny the best of either head or heart.
by Henry H. Walker
April 30, ’11
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