When I look at a patch
of dandelions,
I see a bunch of weeds
that are going to
take over my yard.
Kids
see flowers for Mom and
blowing white fluff you can
wish on.
When I look at an old drunk
and he smiles at me, I
see a smelly,
dirty person who
probably wants money
and I look away.
Kids see someone
smiling at them and
they smile back.
When I hear music I love,
I know I can't carry a tune
and don't have much rhythm
so I sit self- consciously
and listen. Kids feel the beat
and move to it.
They sing out the words.
If they don't know them,
they make
up their own.
When I feel wind on my face,
I brace myself against it.
I feel it messing up my hair
and pulling me back when
I walk. Kids close their eyes,
spread their arms and
fly with it, until they fall
to the ground laughing.
When I pray, I say thee and thou
and grant me this,
give me that. Kids say,
"Hi God! Thanks for my toys
and
my friends.
Please keep the bad dreams
away tonight.
Sorry, I don't want to go
to Heaven yet. I would miss
my Mommy and Daddy."
When I see a mud puddle
I step around it. I see muddy
shoes and dirty carpets.
Kids sit in it.
They see dams
to build,
rivers to cross and
worms to play with.
I wonder if we are given kids
to teach or to learn from?
No wonder God loves the little children!!
"Enjoy the little things in life,
for one day you may
look back and realize
they were the big things."
~*~
to our beautiful granddaughter
Madison,
From Poppy and Nana
