Pregnancy, Parenting & Mommy
Stories and Poems

"A Mother's Dilemma" 

Baby's in the cookie jar
Sister's in the glue
Kitty's in the birdie's cage
And I am in a stew!

Time for dad to come to lunch
Someone's spilled the roses
Breakfast dishes still undone
The twins have drippy noses.

Junior has the stove apart
Dinner guests at eight
Neighbors' kids swoop in like flies
How can I concentrate?

Telephone keeps ringing wildly
Someone's in the hall
Fido's chewed the rug to bits
The preacher's come to call!

Would mothers like to chuck their load?
They couldn't stand the rap
Easy, mild existences
Would cause their nerves to snap!

-Harriet Rukenbrod Day