How can you sit there reading
In this chaos
One might ask
To which I would respond
You kidding?
I’m #winning at this task
Today was “for the books”
A disaster
Laid, set: waiting
Four children home with mommy
Outside freezing
And it’s raining.
I myself have a cold and strep
3 of the kids
Have this too
Husband out all day working
I thought
‘How will I possibly pull through?!’
Two pre-teens and two toddlers
One small space,
A lot of snot
A recipe for happy memories
This certainly
Was not
Back to the picture for a second
See the toys
And some food?
These are testimonials of victory:
My serene
Attitude
You can’t quite see it in the photo –
‘Neith the table: Blueberries
Have spilled
But all four kids are still alive
So I’m thinking
‘Hey, I’m chilled’
And sure some noodles are on the floor
(Easier to clean
Once they harden)
I’ll dub my decorative look here
‘My awards for parenting-wins
Garden’
I did not raise my voice once
(Ok, thank you,
Laryngitis)
But the point is I avoided
A lot of
Kill-me-now-itus
Sometimes you take a challenge
And push to your
Greatest heights
And some days you gotta take the win
At ‘no blood was drawn
In fights’
Today should have been unbearable
And while I can’t say
That we’re thriving
I’m proud, I’m calm, so you should be too
If all your doin’
Is surviving
