A Day's Work

 

This is great advice... in a different way.

Today I left  some dishes dirtly

the bed got made around two thirty

the nappies soaked a little longer

their odour grew a little stronger

the crumbs I

spilled the day before

were staring at me from the floor

the dirt streaks on those window panes

will still be there next time it rains

for shame 'oh lazy thing'  you say

and just what did you do today.

I nursed a baby while he slept

I held a toddler while he wept

I played a game of hide and seek

I pushed a swing, I sang a song

I taught a child whats right from wrong

what did i do this whole day  through

not much that shows I guess its true

unless you think what I've just done

might be important to someone

with big blue eyes and soft blond hair

if thats true I've done my share.

(from Allansford Playgroup's welcome kit to new framilies)