Little Boys and Little Girls

A little boy walks with purpose
From one thing to the next.
A little boy pretends to be
A Tyrannosaurus Rex.

A little boy lives in his imagination
Where all is pure and good.
A little boy is all about doing.
There's no should or would or could.

A grown up questions everything,
Each choice a labored one.
A grown up forgets how to pretend
And skip and jump and run.

A little girl knows that she is beautiful
In her sparkly jewels and regal crown.
A little girl knows only how to lift you up
Not how to put you down.

A little girl tells a story of what a person is.
There is no fixation on what they say or what they own.
A little girl believes in love and truth
And that she can be anything when she is grown.

A grown up has forgotten
The promises of youth.
A grown up lives in fiction
While the children live in truth.

As grown ups we must try our best
To remember the important stuff.
For we once were those little boys and girls
Before life got so tough.

We should take time every day
To believe that the world is good.
We should spend our days doing
So that we know we could.

We should see people for what they are
Instead of for their possessions.
We should believe that we are beautiful
And not defined by our professions.

We should take a lesson
From those little girls and boys.
And make our lives into music
Instead of just white noise.

Children have beliefs and purpose
While some adults just drift astray.
We must hold onto childlike dreams
Before we float away.

So today I urge you- grown up,
To take a minute to pretend,
Believe that you are beautiful,
See a beginning and not an end.

It's all a matter of our perspective.
When we are small we look up toward the sun.
So all that I ask of you today is to stop,
Look up, and remember that life should be fun.

To Be A Mom

Looking in through the window glass
My life seems simple and unimportant.
And if you look into my past
You won't see much of anything.

I do not work a "9 to 5".
My bank account is far from big.
But I'm happy just to be alive
And watch two beautiful children grow.

It is in their faces that I see my worth
And in their eyes that I understand God.
My definition of importance changed at the birth
Of the two boys who now define my life.

Some may think it sad
That I define myself by them.
But it is the most important job that was ever had
Just to be a mom.