I Have Lived Long Enough To Learn A Little

 Oh, the pleasure and pain of being a housewife/homemaker and mother!

Yes, it will rain after we've decided that the rain is over
so we hang out the laundry
because the sun is beaming and the weather said
'clearing in the afternoon'
and then we are just ready to back out the lawn mower 

when we hear a strange sound...sudden downpour!

 So the plans to till the garden or dig potatoes
after lawn-mowing are put on hold as well...😐

I have lived

Long enough to reap

The rewards of selfishness

And unselfishness as well

I have uttered more prayers

And shed more tears

And smiled more smiles

Than a little poem can spell

I have learned

That motherhood

Is good

In spite of bad days

Now and then

And that hard work

As well as laughter

Is good medicine

I have lived

Long enough to see

That we reap

What we sow

That discipline

Or the lack thereof

Will eventually

Definitely show

I have learned that it can rain

While the sun shines

(Or does the sun shine

While it rains?)

That the truth comes out

Sooner or later

Though to hide it

We took great pains

I have learned

That we grow old

Much quicker

Than I thought

That life 

and people 

and plans change

But never God

I have learned

That He is patient

And loving and patient

And merciful

Through and through

And forgiving and patient

And kind and patient,

And therefore we should be too

© Janet Martin