To Moms

Thursday, September 11. 2008

I don't encourage having a untidy house but on those really rough days when housework and looking after a toddler gets a bit overwhelming, this poem shows what's important...

I TOOK HIS HAND AND FOLLOWED
Mrs. Roy L. Peifer

My dishes went unwashed today,
I didn't make the bed,
I took his hand and followed
Where his eager footsteps led.

Oh yes, we went adventuring,
My little son and I...
Exploring all the great outdoors
Beneath the summer sky

We waded in a crystal stream,
We wandered through a wood...
My kitchen wasn't swept today
But life was gay and good.

We found a cool, sun-dappled glade
And now my small son knows
How Mother Bunny hides her nest,
Where jack-in-the-pulpit grows.

We watched a robin feed her young,
We climbed a sunlit hill...
Saw cloud-sheep scamper through the sky,
We plucked a daffodil.

That my house was neglected,
That I didn't brush the stairs,
In twenty years, no one on earth
Will know, or even care.

But that I've helped my little boy
To noble manhood grow,
In twenty years, the whole wide world
May look and see and know.

Posted by Celiah Ann at 16:33 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0)

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I love that poem. I try to remember it when I'm getting upset about the housework not being done and the children demanding my attention.

Maybe I should laminate it and hang it up above the kitchen sink

#1 Marita (Homepage) on 2008-09-12 19:19 (Reply)

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