How elfin her beauty, sweet innocence on the face
of my grandchild who always runs into my embrace.
For a week while I visited, at the first rays of morn,
she tumbled into my bed as if a dandelion, airborne.
"Nana," she would softly whisper, "Are you awake?"
As if I wouldn't be by then, "Wanna play pattycake?"
"Yes, ma petite, but first I must have a great big hug."
She squeezed tight, this sprite I called my 'Ladybug.'
The time we spend together, much too quickly ends.
I fell in love with this child, who comes with dividends.
She made scones for me, served on tiny China plates.
Surely, you can see why I never refuse her playdates.
When she smiles at me and puts her hand in mine...
my maternal emotions take hold, by God's design.
I take pictures as Eloise reminds me to say, "Cheese."
Then she has to take one of me. "Can I, Nana. Please?"
I can't deny this fae child, even a star from the skies
And if you need a reason why, just look into her eyes
That puppy dog expression evinces innocence to me
To be a child of three again, when life was so carefree.
Mothers always take the blame
When kids do something wrong
And they're the culprits if their offspring
Just don't get along.
Yet they deserve the credit
For their nine-month rent-free womb,
Which isn't quite as easy
As some menfolk would assume.
They kiss the boo-boos, warm the milk,
Make playdates, buy the clothes
And do a million little things
Nobody really knows.
Of course they have some help and yes,
They make mistakes as well,
But Mothers' Day is not the time
On deficits to dwell.
Instead, let's hear it for the moms
Who do what they do best -
Devote their lives to those they love
With very little rest!
I've watched her grow from pigtails to makeup, from crayons to dressup.
From playdates to real dates. How can this be, suddenly she's turned into miss popularity.
Prom dresses and pictures tears and confusion, was her just being a little sweet girl just an
illusion? Suddenly i have become unpopular with her and popular with Dr. phil now i'm
thinking i need to get my daugther on the pill.