Big
Mud Puddles and Sunny Yellow Dandelions
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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.
When
I look at an old drunk and he smiles at me, I see a smelly, dirty
person who probably wants money and I look
away. 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!!!
"Life is not measured by the number of
breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath
away."
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