Parenting 101

 

Hang in there!

Nose prints on the windows and handprints on the door,

Multitudes of toys littered all around the floor,

There are diapers to change,

Schedules to rearrange,

Loads of laundry that never go away,

But milestones are happening every day,

The baby took his first step, and the preschooler wrote his name,

The oldest learned to ride a bicycle and play a new board game,

There are mouths to feed, bathes to give- an arduous daily routine,

The days are long, sometimes hard, and the house is never pristine,

But as one who has had the pleasure of going through this stage,

Don’t ask for the end of the book, take it page by page,

A word of advice:  enjoy the journey, with all its frustration,

Life is certainly a journey and not a destination,

Everyone will say that it sure goes by fast,

But it is not a realization until it’s the past,

The days of raising children is building a bridge,

To a new phase in life, consider it a privilege,

Most accomplishments that are fulfilling require difficult trials,

Approach these challenges with laughter and smiles,

Parenting is one of the hardest tasks to endure,

But it can also be the most rewarding, for sure!

Tammy Harvey

1/20/2023