Mother's Day Poem

Since Mother's Day is coming up I thought I would share this with everyone.....This really makes you stop and think.

I stopped to watch my little one

busy playing in her room.

In one hand was a plastic phone;

in the other a deflated balloon.

I listened as she was saying

to her make believe little friend

and I'll never forget the words she said,

even though it was pretend.

She said, " teddys in the corner

cuz he's not been very good.

He didn't listen to a word I said

or do the things he should."

In the corner I saw her teddy bear

all dressed in a bow and brown fur.

It was obvious he's been put there

to sit all alone for sure.

My daughter continued her "conversation"

as I sat down on the floor.

She said, "I'm all fed up I just don't know what to do with him anymore?

He whines whenever I have to go to work

and wants to play games, too;

he never lets me do the things that I just have to do.

He tries to help me with the dishes,

but his arms just cannot reach

and he doesn't know how to fold towels

and I don't have the time to teach.

I have lots of work to do

and a big house to clean.

I don't have the time to sit and play-

don't you know what I mean?"

And that day I thought a lot

about making some changes in my life;

as I listened to her innocent

words that cut me like a knife.

I hadn't been paying enough attention

to what I hold most dear.

I'd been caught up in resposibilities

that increased throughout the year.

But now my attitude has changed,

because, in my heart, I realize

I've seen the world in a different light

through my little darling's eyes.

So, let the cobwebs have the corners

and the dustbunnies rule the floor.

I'm not going to worry

about keeping up with them anymore.

I'm going to fill the house with memories

of a child and her mother

for God grants us Only One Childhood,

and we will never get another.