Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Inspiring Poem

I found this poem and it really spoke to me.

Song for a Fifth Child
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A Poem by Ruth Hulburt Hamilton

Mother, O Mother, come shake out your cloth,
Empty the dustpan, poison the moth,
Hang out the washing, make up the bed,
Sew on a button and butter the bread.

Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?
She's up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.

Oh, I've grown as shiftless as Little Boy Blue,
Lullabye, rockabye, lullabye loo.
Dishes are waiting and bills are past due
Pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peekaboo

The shopping's not done and there's nothing for stew
And out in the yard there's a hullabaloo
But I'm playing Kanga and this is my Roo
Look! Aren't his eyes the most wonderful hue?
Lullabye, rockaby lullabye loo.

The cleaning and scrubbing can wait till tomorrow
But children grow up as I've learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down cobwebs; Dust go to sleep!
I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.

Sure, I may not get everything done on my "to do lists" but who cares? I don't want to miss out on this special time with my baby. So if the house is a mess or I feel overwhelmed, I just look at my Boston and nothing else seems to matter.

1 comment:

Tara said...

Soooo true...

They do grow toooo fast. I try to tell myself that over and over when Hope is not listening, taking her sweet time and just being "cute" - don't get stressed over it - she's only 2 once and she's already grown so much, so fast :(