The Joys of Motherhood

From infant coos, to high school woos...
From tear stained faces, to social graces...
From bloody knees to runny noses...
From paper dolls to sun-dried roses...
From chicken pox to chicken soup...
From daytime fevers to nighttime croup...
From little kittens to puppy dogs...
From garden snakes to pollywogs...
From bed-time prayers, to good night kisses...
From grass stained dresses to dirty dishes...
From broken hearts, to brand new starts...
From baby girls in little curls...
To grownup women in strands of pearls...
From little boys with broken arms...
To handsome men with manly charms...
From Sunday school, to Baptismal pool...
From a mother’s knee, to eternity…
Children, such precious gifts from God to thee!


Lisa Shearin
May 9, 2006