New Year 2007

I try to be the best mom I can for Kirstin. At the same time, I want to keep our house clean, cook healthy food for the family, do the laundry, etc. But I came across this poem, and for me, this sums up what I needed to do this year. I just have to keep in mind that my greatest priority is my baby and as much as I can, I should give her the attention she deserves! =)

What is Right

I can hear the children laughing in the other room.
My two girls and my two boys.
They are happy voices and I struggle

not to think about the mess they're making.
How technical this homemaking can be, if I let it.
Cleaning, straigtening, laundry, cooking.

Everything must be just so.
But the babies, my sweet babies.

Their big brown eyes, their Father's eyes,

Soft, chubby hands and sweet sloppy kisses.
If I must struggle to remember something,

let it be what is right.

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