What Did I Do Today?
Today I left some dishes dirty,The bed got made around 3:30.
The diapers soaked a little longer,
The odor grew a little stronger.
The crumbs I spilled the day before
Are staring at me from the floor.
The fingerprints there on the wall
Will likely be there still next fall.
The dirty streaks on those windowpanes
Will still be there next time it rains.
Shame on you, you sit and say,
Just what did you do today?
I held a baby till she slept,
I held a toddler while he wept.
I played a game of hide and seek,
I squeezed a toy so it would squeak.
I pulled a wagon, sang a song,
Taught a child right from wrong.
What did I do this whole day through?
Not much that shows, I guess that's true.
Unless you think that what I've done,
Might be important to someone
With deep green eyes and soft brown hair,
If that is true... I've done my share.
~author unknown~
Some Houses
Some houses try to hide the factthat children shelter there.
Ours boasts of it quite openly,
the signs are everywhere.
For smears are on the windows,
little smudges on the doors,
I should apologize- I guess-
for toys strewn on the floor.
But I sat down with the children
and we played, and laughed, and read.
And if the doorbell doesn't shine,
their eyes will shine instead.
For when at times I'm forced to choose
the one job or the other,
I want to be a homemaker,
but first I'll be a MOTHER!
~author unknown~
Babies Don't Keep
Cleaning and scrubbingcan wait 'til tomorrow
for babies grow up,
we've learned to our sorrow.
So go away cobwebs,
dust go to sleep.
I'm rocking my baby,
and babies don't keep.
~author unknown~
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