I can't read this poem without crying..."Babies Don't Keep"

VitaminC

My aunt got me a frame with the last stanza of this poem on it.  And it kills me every time I read it.  She put a picture of my older son holding my younger son too.  This is what it says on it....

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.

I think part of it is that DS1 turned 3 on Monday and I swear he was a newborn like 5 minutes ago.   It makes me never want to put DS2 down. 

Here is a link to the whole poem if you're interested.  https://fatduckfarm.net/attachment-parenting/babies-dont-keepthe-poem-has-an-author/

OK now I'm going to stop talking about it so I don't sit around crying all morning.

KatKan

So sweet! I have to admit that got the tears going for me too!

Stephiehun

My mom had a picture (maybe it was a piece of embroidery?) with that stanza on it when I was little, and I was just thinking about it yesterday. 

I'm afraid to read the whole poem, though. 

emluedtke7

This has a special place in my heart...My mom had this poem framed and it hung in our house since I was little.  I've read it a million times between then and now and always thought it was cute.  When I found out I was pg, she started giving me weekly gifts, and one week, she gave me the original poem with a new matte and frame for our nursery.  It hangs in Will's room now and I read it every time I'm in there and it has a whole new meaning now that I'm a mom