Samantha Stopple

Exuse This House

Some houses try to hide the fact
That children shelter there.
Ours boasts of it quite openly,
the signs are everywhere.

For smears are on the windows,
Little smudges on the door...
I should apologize I guess,
for toys strewn on the floor.

But, I sat down with the children
And played and laughed and read...
And if the doorbell doesn't shine,
their eyes will shine instead.

For when at times, I'm forced to
choose one job or the other,
It's good to be a housewife...
But I'd rather be a MOTHER.

~Author Unknown

My neighbor gave me this poem a few days ago. I really
like it and remember it when I see all the different
smears in our house. I think of it everytime I open a
closet door or a dresser drawer in my house because
every where there is a place to wrap or attach yarn or
ribbons they are wrapped attached somehow by my 6yo
dd.

Samantha

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