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Had to share this poem

aesthyerinaesthyerin member
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I was lurking on the SAHM board and this poem just made my tear ducts explode and I had to share it:

 

Mother, oh Mother, come shake out your cloth,

Empty the dustpan, poison the moth,


Hang out the washing and butter the bread,
Sew on a button and make up a bed.


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

 

Oh, I?ve grown shiftless as Little Boy Blue
(Lullaby, rockaby, lullaby 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 her eyes the most wonderful hue?
(Lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo).

 

The cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow,
For 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.

  

~Erin~ 
proud pagan 
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  • mysticialmysticial member

    Thats really very sweet!!!

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  • blush64blush64 member
    Cute poem, and now I actually have tears in my eyes. I guess it doesn't help that my older sons are 14 and almost 17...not so much babies anymore. EDIT I find everything that I love about pregnancy and new babies that I'm getting excited about also makes me so aware of the fact that soon enough my older sons will be doing their own thing and going on to college.
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  • KkogKkog
    Awwwhhhh! Sweet !!!
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  • ohhitisloveohhitislove
    Love this!
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  • duffmakerduffmaker member
    Last christmas my grandmother gave me a beautiful plaque that has this exact song on it. I have it hanging in our living room and it makes me tear up every time I read it : it's really heart touching and I've realized that even more lately as M changes every day, learning something new and just plain growing up. Oh man I'm starting to cry now :'

    Eta... Excuse the random :'s they're supposed to be smilies but iPhones are stupid..
    Proud babywearing, breastfeeding, vaccinating SAHM of 2U2!
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