Category: Life with Children

It was first game of the season, There was excitement in the air. One team had much bigger players, It didn’t seem to be quite fair. I asked a lad from the small team If he had kept up with the score. He said his home team had zero, The other team had 24. “Just […]

“I pooped in my potty!” She was so very proud. At the top of her voice Lotty yelled it out loud. Her mother came running Just to look at her work. Lotty stood by her pot With an I-did-it smirk. Now Mommy had promised A new toy to Lotty The first time that she put […]

Big Sister and her baby brother Were playing down on the kitchen floor. Sis said, “Don’t put food scraps in your mouth Because it will make your tummy sore.” “How do you know that?” Her brother asked. “‘Cause Mommy told me and she knows best. She has to know about everything To pass the, ‘Become-A-Mommy’ […]

Then she came and sat beside me Sat beside me on the swing. Told me just how much she loved me Made me want to dance and sing. Then her father from his window Saw us sitting there entwined Shouted words I won’t repeat Shouted words that were unkind. Words that made me more determined […]

My kids have gone out of control, They’re trying to drive me crazy. They go from hyperactive To just plain old downright lazy. They shaved the neighbors Persian cat And died their pocket poodle green. They put two pink flamingos In the Baptist Church’s manger scene. They changed, “Three Families’ Garage Sale” To read, “Three […]