With the birth of a child our lives completely change,
We begin to do things we once thought very strange.
We sputter and spatter to make our little tikes smile,
We come to believe that our baby talk is done with style.
Worries about all the additional costs are without end,
We read assorted books on the latest baby raising trends.
Sleep schedules are drastically altered to care for our child,
Little bottoms are cleaned and powered and diapers are piled.
Our hearts are changed as we caress a little ones cheek,
At our child’s first everything our knees become week.
We become acquainted with a child’s favorite word: WHY!
Our hearts are wrenched each morning as we say good-bye.
Somehow we become kinder and more loving day-by-day,
Soon each of us are seasoned veterans at the parenting fray.
Then the independence of a child’s teens explodes to view,
Suddenly perplexities of parenthood once again start to brew.
Rules are broken and boundaries are continually pressed,
Sometimes tempers are lost and family values are stressed.
When we love and serve our children it completely changes us,
As our love is passed on we then realize kids are worth the fuss! |
