I Wish For You Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, gentle hugs when spirits sag, friendships to brighton your being, beauty for your eyes to see, confidence for when you doubt, faith so you can believe, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, and love to complete your life, and if you can’t have all that , then I wish you enough chocolate to make it through the tough times….****
Category: Poetry
Indian Summer arrives, a change of scene that’s more a sence of memory that a date on a calendar. Finally, the heart is passing, Gradually familiar surrondings don a rustic palate of jewel tones that dazzel with their beauty. Let October seduce you with her charms. ” Beguile us in the way you know,” poet Robert Frost entreated this season of abundence. “Release one leaf at the break of day.”
exerpt from “Simple Abudence”
Before I was a Mom:
I cleaned my house each day. I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby. I never worried my plants were poisonous. I never thought about immunizations. I had never been puked on, pooped on, spit on, chewed on or peed on. I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts. I slept all night. I slept as late as I wanted and never worried about how late I got into bed. I brushed my hair and my teeth everyday. Before I was a mom, I never held down a screaming child so that doctors could do tests … or give shots. I never looked into teary eyes and cried. I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin. Before I was a mom, I never stayed up late hours watching a baby sleep. I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn’t want to put it down. I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn’t stop the hurt. Before I was a mom, I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much. I never knew that I could love someone so much . I never knew that I would love being a mom. Before I was a mom, I didn’t know that feeling of having my heart outside my body. I didn’t know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby. I didn’t know that bond between a mother and a child. I didn’t know that something so small could make me feel so important. Before I was a mom, I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay. I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, and all the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a mom. I didn’t know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a mom.
It is amazing how a child can change our lives in every way, yet can still make it special every day.
