“Don’t put my book down the toilet”
“I won’t Daddy”
FLUSH
“Your cereal bowl is not a drum, or a steering wheel”
“Please don’t hit your sister with your Bob the Builder Hammer”
THWACK
And so the day begins
We grapple and fight
Against the oncoming day
Why
Do we stress and toil
Instead of letting children play
Be yourself
Little ones
Soon to start school
Those endless days are gone
Lovely tiny faces
And imaginative brains
Just ignore adult chores
Go out and play
Sunshine
Dragons
Lego
And beautiful chaos
I promise to down tools
And join you for a day
“Stop it, stop it”
“No the cat is not a cushion”
MIAOWAAWWWW
It’s a perfect day
Copyright John de Gruyther 2016
Thanks to all our beautiful friends and family for sharing in a beautiful day.
“Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have.
Love doesn’t strut,
Doesn’t have a swelled head,
Doesn’t force itself on others,
Isn’t always “me first,”
Doesn’t fly off the handle,
Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn’t revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end”
Corinthians (the message)