Category: Life with Children

My nerves are all shot, My hair’s turning white. My hands are a mess, No nails left to bite. My whole life just passed In front of my eyes. My throat is raspy From terrified cries. I’m going to die, No way to survive. I just started teaching My teen how to drive!

We had a fight with a powder puff My sister Jennie and me. When you fight with a powder puff It’s hard for you to see. You twirl around in powdery clouds That smell so much like Mother. I told Jennie, “This will teach you Not to tease your brother!” Now just where did our […]

The young girl asked her father “Why do you always bow your head Right before you begin to preach, While the scripture is being read?” “I ask God for a good sermon, That’s something that I always do.” “If you ask for a good sermon, Why doesn’t he give one to you?”

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 […]

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’ […]