Love grandma

 My grandmothers taught me

Kneading of bread

And raising of loaves

And breading of fish

And also

Finding the straight of grain

And cutting salvage

Washing new potatoes 

Washing udders

Washing our laundry

And hanging it in sun

My grandmothers taught me

Find silver linings everywhere

The smiles were for me because I was the hope of five generations, maybe more

As are you-

In spite of all the days they hadn’t smiled

My grandmothers taught me 

To continue