PERPETUAL HELP

Could anyone offer us perpetual help?

Moms try - but they have to escape

every once and a while - offering  
a 3 year old a bribe or some logic -

for some time -  but most of the time

these tricks don’t work. Kids cling. 
Kids know. Kids don't like to be alone.
Kids keep knocking on bathroom doors.

They want their mom to be there all the time.

So moms whether they know it or not,

have kids who think their moms

are wearing a label,

“Our Mother of Perpetual Help!”

Ooops. I forgot to say: “Today, June 27

is the Feast of Our Mother of Perpetual Help.”
Check out the picture. It’s any kid running

to his mom for help! - especially when

they see scary crosses and crucifixions

in their future. Mom you better be there!

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2013