You might think she’s stationary,
actually she’s cooking and cooking
not only food for the family for the
last 31 years, but food that gives
and gives, for the family’s mirth,
Christmases like no other, for the
family’s energy, see how her husband
and daughters spend energy like
it’s no one’s business, and yes,
she’s cooking ideas, without calling
attention, for how could this family
stay connected and keep on sharing
and sharing its gifts and talents, if
she didn’t approve or didn’t encourage,
yes, she has many, many gifts, she’s
a gift in and by herself, at the end of
the day she’s completely spent, words
are hard to come by for her, she’s
actually word-poor, so when she needs
to speak it’s always to the point, not
wasting ammunition, straight and true,
her messages in sound bytes, and
then she’s back to her world where
family is all there is to it, family, family,
family, husband, husband, husband,
daughters, daughters, daughters, that’s
her life, so when sometimes she looks
like she’s not moving, she’s actually
spinning like a top, top speed always,
for family, food for the tummy, food for
thought, if you wonder why this family’s
this way, why it does what it does, it’s
because of her, there’s no her, there’s
no Renée, only family, only husband,
only daughters, only siblings, only
mother, only in-laws, that’s Super Super
Renée for the world, almost invisible.

Happy birthday, Momsie!