I'm Doing the Best I Can

Doing the Best I Can

Copyrighted by Elizabeth Claytor

August 8, 2018

Stanza 1

They say, “There's nothing to it?!

Why can't you just do it?!”

They don't understand.

I'm doing what I can to stand.

My health tends to stop me;

Things just don't come easy.

They ask, “Then why NUMBER FIVE?! Are you okay?!”

As if it's a price they personally have to pay.

Which leads me to say,

“Why, yes, I'm outnumbered

Some days I'm even cumbered

But truthfully, I've got to say

I'm happier than

I have ever been.

I'm doing the best I can

To follow God's great plan.

I'm doing the best I can

To become a better woman.

I'm doing the best I can

To remember my name is Anne.

I'm doing the best I can

To trust in His Grace and it's span.”

Stanza 2

They said they're my family

But haven't been there for me.

When I needed them around,

They were no where to be found.

So I am all alone

Doing it on my own.

No mother here

To dry my tear.

So I'm making a family of my own.

They are all I have; I'm finally not alone.

I'm Deserted, Abandoned, Cast Out NO MORE!!!

Now I'm Wanted, Needed and Loved for sure!!!

I'm doing the best I can

To follow God's great plan.

I'm doing the best I can

To become a better woman.

I'm doing the best I can

To remember my name is Anne.

I'm doing the best I can

To trust in His Grace and it's span.

Stanza 3

And behind all of this is a story

That I wanna use for His glory.

When my children ask of the Hope in me

I'll share this with them and I pray they'll see.

I'm doing my best to give you what I never got -

Unconditional love, forgiveness, the whole lot.

I'll be there for you, even when you're not.

I'll forgive you right there on the spot.

I'll always be your mother;

You won't have to look to another.

I'll be here for you.

I promise you.

I'm doing the best I can.

To make you a better man.

I'm giving it all I've got.

To give you a better shot!!

Though I come from a broken past.

Though I come from a very rough start.

Though I come from an unfit home.

Though I come from a loser mother.

Your story can be another!!!

You can let God make you His own!!!

You can let God change your heart!!!

You can have a life that will last!!

You can do so much greater!

You can have it so much better!

You can do the best you can!

To serve a greater Man!!