Big Mud Puddles and Sunny Yellow Dandelions
When I look at a patch of dandelions, I
see a bunch of weeds that are going to take over my yard.
My kids see flowers
for Mom and blowing white fluff you can wish on.
My 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.
My 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.
My 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.
My 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.
My 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.
I wish you Big Mud Puddles and Sunny Yellow Dandelions!!!
