Don't Forget you are a Shining Star

Wish you all Happy Diwali

I'd rather be a mother
Then anyone on earth
Bringing up a child or two
Of unpretentious birth.

I'd rather nurse a rosy babe
With warm lips on my breast
Than wear a queen's medallion
Above a heart less blest

I'd rather tuck a little child
All safe and sound in bed-
Than twine a chain of diamonds
About my foolish head.

I'd rather wash a smudgy face
With round, with bright baby eyes-
Than paint the pageantry of fame,
Or walk among the wise.

- Meredith Gray ( with reference from "chicken soup for the mother's soul")