'You did what you knew how to do. And when you knew better, you did better.'
Maya Angelou
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Our home is a nurturing nest where I can learn all of the important things I will need to know when I am grown up and have to "fly" on my own, with my own wings. When it comes time to let me test my wings without you, and at times I will crash and burn. Remember that learning to fly on my own is another way to love me.
When You Thought I Wasn't Looking
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I wanted to paint another one.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you feed a stray cat, and thought it was good to be kind to animals.
When you thought I wasn't looking. I saw you make my favorite cake just for me, and I knew that little things are special things.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I heard you say a prayer, and I believed there is a God I could always talk to.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I felt you kiss me good night, and I felt loved.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw tears come from your eyes, and I learned that sometimes things hurt, but it's alright to cry.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw that you cared and I wanted to be everything that I could be
When you thought I wasn't looking, I looked...and wanted to say thanks for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn't looking.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I wanted to paint another one.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you feed a stray cat, and thought it was good to be kind to animals.
When you thought I wasn't looking. I saw you make my favorite cake just for me, and I knew that little things are special things.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I heard you say a prayer, and I believed there is a God I could always talk to.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I felt you kiss me good night, and I felt loved.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw tears come from your eyes, and I learned that sometimes things hurt, but it's alright to cry.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw that you cared and I wanted to be everything that I could be
When you thought I wasn't looking, I looked...and wanted to say thanks for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn't looking.
If I live in a house of spotless beauty with everything in its place, but have not love, I am a housekeeper-not a HOMEmaker.
If I have time for waxing , polishing, and deorative acheivements, but have not love, my children learn of cleanliness, not Godliness.
Love leaves the dust in search of a child's laugh.
Love smiles at the tiny fingerprints on a newly cleaned window.
Love wipes away tears before it wipes up the spilled milk.
Love picks up the child before it picks up the toys.
Love is present through the trials.
Love reprimands, reproves, and is responsive.
Love crawls with the baby, walks with the toddler, runs with the child, then stands aside to let the youth walk into adulthood.
As a parent there is much I must teach my child, but the greatest of all is LOVE!!!
If I have time for waxing , polishing, and deorative acheivements, but have not love, my children learn of cleanliness, not Godliness.
Love leaves the dust in search of a child's laugh.
Love smiles at the tiny fingerprints on a newly cleaned window.
Love wipes away tears before it wipes up the spilled milk.
Love picks up the child before it picks up the toys.
Love is present through the trials.
Love reprimands, reproves, and is responsive.
Love crawls with the baby, walks with the toddler, runs with the child, then stands aside to let the youth walk into adulthood.
As a parent there is much I must teach my child, but the greatest of all is LOVE!!!
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
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