All for love

Once there were two women who never knew each other,
One you do not remember, the other you call mother.
Two different lives shaped to make yours one ~
One became your guiding star, the other became your sun.
The first gave you life, the second taught you to live in it.
The first gave you a need for love, and the second was there to give it.
One gave you a nationality, the other gave you a name.
One gave you the seed of talent, the other gave you an aim.
One gave you emotions, the other calmed your fears.
One saw your first sweet smile, the other dried your tears.
One gave you up ~ it was all she could do.
The other prayed for a child, and God led her right to you.
And now you ask me through your tears
The age-old questions through the years;
Heredity or Environment ~ which are you "of"?
Neither, my child, ~ just two kinds of love