Thursday, September 27, 2007

Raising Boys

I saw this online today and just had to share:)

Raising Boys(Roberta I. Teague)

I scrub the wall of fingerprints,Pick up the mounds of clothes.I sweep the dirt that shoes track in-Wish I could use a hose!

Meals are served from dawn to dark,Dirty dishes crowd the sink.Just when they're washed and put away-Everyone wants a drink!

The washer pulls the dirty grimeFrom pants worn thin and patched.They look so very neat and clean-Yuck, look what the pockets hatched!

Broken bones and bloody knees,I should have been a nurse.I take it all in shaky stride-Just grateful it's not worse!

Screams and shouts and argumentsTest the keeping of my cool.They left the neighbor's faucet on-See their new front yard pool!

A soothing bath is ecstasy,A reward at the end of my rope.Raising boys isn't really bad-But first I must wash the soap!

A rose can say I Love You,Orchids can enthrall;But a weed bouquet in a chubby fist,Oh my, that says it all!

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