Why We can Never Repay Our Parents I read a poem called “The Lanyard” by Billy Collins. He opened a dictionary to the L section, and he seen the word lanyard. This immediately reminded him of a lanyard that he had made for his mother. This poem talks about how we can never “repay” our parents, because they do so much for us, and we just make them little art projects randomly. Our parents do so much for us, from loving us to feeding us to buying us so many things. They take care of us from birth, and devot 18 years of their lives to us. They teach us how to walk, they listen to our whining, they help us when we are lost, and they teach us to be a good person. They provide for us with a roof over our head, shoes under our feet, and food to
