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This article is from the Good Things About Having Kids FAQ, by Benjamin V.C. Collins, collins@campus.mlc.edu with numerous contributions by others.

62 Good Having Kids Answer

[An original poem on the subject.
Please don't reproduce the poem without attribution.]

> A Mother's Life
> by
> Kellee A. Beaufait
>
>
>Reflections show the hairs of gray,
> the wrinkled face,
> the baggy eyes.
>
> Movements slow to a shuffling walk,
> with quavering hands,
> and aching bones.
>
> Sleep becomes a forgotten event,
> a stolen luxury,
> an impossible dream.
>
> Intimacy yields to restless nights,
> with soiled linens,
> and warmed milk.
>
> But ...
>
> Hearts swell in wondrous joy,
> with Baby cradled
> in Mama's arms.
>
> Exhaustion fades with first smiles,
> and first steps,
> and first words.
>
> Adventures abound in fields of grass,
> and castles of sand,
> and blocks of wood.
>
> Golden rainbows fill every day
> a Mother watches
>her Child grow.

[The following comments were added by people who'd read the
stuff above. Profuse apologies for taking so long to add them.]

 

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