Monday, May 13, 2024
While Opportunity Affords...
Monday, May 15, 2023
Songs of May and Morn
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.
Thursday, January 26, 2023
It's Not Easy But It Is Possible
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
A Gentle Reprimand (mother or not!)
Monday, May 9, 2022
Of Mother-Heartstrings...
Monday, May 2, 2022
How Do I Love Thee, (Once upon Sweet Childhood's Girl or Boy)
Thursday, May 20, 2021
Oh Lord, Please Send an Angel Army (to minister to moms)
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight
Sunday, May 9, 2021
Of Mother's Love
For all of our moms and mom-figures
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Happiness, Heaven-on-earth and Love
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
For Homemaker and Childcare-giver
Inspired by today and other days much like it...
Pee-puddles, sweet cuddles, study of a bug
Tuck in for a nap then called back for kiss-hug
Rain-laughter and after it slows, barefoot splash
A picnic of popcorn, Popsicle mishmash
A dash after mister who shed all his clothes
A leap to snare missy and wipe runny nose
One rag for all spills, a face-cloth for each kid
‘Crunch’ say the toast crumbs, spaghetti cries ‘skid!’
Boogers and snooger bunnies, me-oh-my
Swing till the tippy-toes tickle the sky
Hair-tangles, bear wrangles, spoon on plate-drum
Wondering what (soon grown up) they'll become
Cup refill, cup re-spill, patience gets riled
Some things never change when it comes to a child
Where Teacher and Learner are both young and old
But one is the pourer and one is the mold
Where messes and happiness mingle unplanned
Innocence and experience hand in hand
Toy trucks in planters and blooms strewn awry
Oft-repeated answers for oft-repeated ‘why’
Toys, noise and simple joys gone in a blink
Girls and boys poised on an echo-world’s brink
Unicorns, teddy-bears, picture-books, dolls
Gossamer glimmers on yesterday’s walls
© Janet Martin
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Dear Mother of Tot...
It's extra-hard right now when you can't get together
(According to the passage below we 'older women' have
a pretty big role to play in the encouragement of our dear younger women!)