"Children Of A Lesser Mom" genre: Soft Rock
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	Story Behind the Song Years ago there was a movie that came out called "children of a lesser god". I movie was about a relationship that had to overcome the obstacles of one of the parties being deaf. This handicap provided the backdrop for tension, conflict, and bonding that would be experienced for working through the handicap. One would think that the plight of the single parent would provide for us a similar backdrop that would enable the church to bond with the needs of the single parent family. tragically, this has not been the case. The church seems to be succeeding at holding the single parent family often at an uncomfortable distance. For years, the church has looked upon the single mother as the "lesser mom". There needs to be a 21st century version of this song, though, that includes the "lesser dad", or the single dad. Now, before the single parent gets ticked off at this, let me explain. First and foremost, in these difficult and complex days, two salaries are needed for most of us to survive, two adults are needed in a house to get things done, and two parents are needed to raise a child. The single parent struggles twice as much with things and issues that most families have plenty of enough trouble to manage. Second, because the church postures itself as a community of help, it falls short because to say that we care for the single parent family and then to actually extend the care are two different things, often failing at the latter. Hillary Clinton was somewhat biblical when she said that it takes a village to raise a child. Every village has known that for centuries, and now the church has to grow up and ask itself the question: "Are we a village?" Or better yet, "How do we exercise love to people in need? Both the people inside the church and the people outside the church?" So, this song is not intended to beat up the family that is struggling with resources just to survive. This song is asking the church to provide the resources that will help the family grow and thrive. Lyrics She wakes up each morning To a thousand needs. Demands from her surroundings. Get ready for work. Get the kids off to school. Somehow get the day up and running. She's only a one-woman show. She's got no one else to turn to. Nowhere to go. She didn't think it would be that way. A misty lifetime ago. She cut the cake With the man of her dreams, But how was she to know That the best laid plans Were cast into the sea. They got trashed and now They wash up in debris. It may seem unfair To the common eyes Whenever they gaze at this. She had to stand From her tower window And watch her prince ride off Without that magic kiss. Her lips now dry from the morning sun. The children of a lesser mom Call her to pick them up When school is done. In my wildest dreams There are hands and hearts. And a family to share the pain. Moms and dads and girls and boys To fill in the gaps and help the strain. But best laid plans Get cast into the sea. We're still waiting for that spiritual family. It may seem unfair to the common eyes. It may seem like a rotten shame. We can wallow in our own surprise, When we find we can share the blame. We find we treat her kids in this world Like children of a lesser mom today. Children of a lesser mom never go away. Words and Music © 1989, 2002 Joe Hesh/MOB. All rights reserved.

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