Can you put into words how you feel about your kids?

They are one of life’s greatest blessings.

They are, at times, the only thing that gives light to my life.

1. Lost 2. Lost 3. Lost 4. Treasure 5. Gone 6. Found.

She brings much sunshine to my life.

@susanc Understood.

No-one has commented on my little prose.

@zenele – I think that was so sweet, I got a cavity.

And no, I couldn’t put it into words. I do, however, put it into action daily. ^_^

@zenele Love the way you gave words to your feeling.

Let me have a try as well.

No way to say how much I care
How far I’d go, how much I’d dare

The day you were born, it wasn’t just you
it was a new life for your mum and me, too

The start of always feeling a fear
of having found something so dear

So dear that there’s nothing above
having found unconditional love

You are my hopes and my hopes are for you
to go, to live, to go live and to dare just to do

Anyways… that’s about it. There is so much more to say, though…

BTW. I have a set of beautiful twin boys that are genetically the same, yet so different.

@zenele I love your verse. Words from the heart!

@whitenoise lovely et al thanks. @Seek – I have enough self-deprecating humour not to take things too seriously, but that was a backhanded compliment.

Got poem?

Here is a poem I wrote many years ago when I was pregnant with my second kid. I was struggling with moving my oldest son out of the nursery and into a room farther down the hall.

Out of the Nursery

Raising children
is not like catching fish,
Instead of reeling in
you reel them out,
letting the line ge longer and longer,
no sudden jerks
or it may break.

My marvelous swimmer
are you ready to go
splashing and flashing
through the high, wild waves?
I stand on the shore
with rope burns on my hands -
wanting to hold tight, hold tight.

And who is this new fish in my basket?

@zenele – I apologise, it wasn’t meant to be mean. I should really think about what I say more often. I’m sorry.

Awww.

I don’t think I could put it into words. Having my oldest son come to me and say, “I love you, Mommy” just melts me. And when my little guy wakes up or just sees me, and lights up..It almost makes me tear up because he’s just so amazing.

So, @Seek_Kolinahr make amends: Got Poem?

I can’t really do without them…Simply that!

My daughter is the first person to make me smile when I wake up in the morning and the last person I think about when I go to sleep. She’s the love of my life. =]

“Love” “Love” “Love” Piss me off “love” Hugs” piss me off “Love them to death”!!

Kids are just plain great!!

@andreaxjean That’s how I feel exactly; I constantly tell them that I think about them 24/7, and how to make their lives better.

@zenele I can only imagine what it’s going to be like when my baby grows up into a “I’m too cool to love mommy” teenager. LOL… I have about 12 years to go until then. I hated when my mom tried to give me advice when I was a teen.. and I still hate it now, but I always secretly liked when she said “I love you, honey.”

Wait til they’re 18.

@zenele Haha, I’m still going through the “I’m an adult, now, mom!” phase. I just hope she doesn’t end up being as bad as I was when I was 18. I’ve grown up a little bit in the last three years. ;-]