{"id":128,"date":"2016-05-06T09:09:46","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T16:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wendyfontaine.com\/?p=128"},"modified":"2016-05-06T09:54:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T16:54:31","slug":"a-poem-for-moms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wendyfontaine.com\/?p=128","title":{"rendered":"A poem for moms"},"content":{"rendered":"

You are<\/strong><\/p>\n

You are the morning wake-up call –
\nthe egg scrambler
\nthe chocolate milk mixer
\nthe ponytail maker
\nthe missing sneaker finder.<\/p>\n

You are the personal chef –
\nthe cookie baker
\nthe lunchbox packer
\nthe mac and cheese expert
\nthe midnight snack assembler. <\/p>\n

You are the labor pool –
\nthe play-date planner
\nthe crossing guard
\nthe taxi driver
\nthe whole, stinkin’ cleanup crew.<\/p>\n

You are the doctor who makes house calls –
\nthe bandage carrier
\nthe boo-boo kisser
\nthe medicine giver
\nand yes, once even the lice finder.<\/p>\n

You are the library reference section –
\nthe atlas
\nthe dictionary
\nthe thesaurus
\nthe walking, talking encyclopedia<\/p>\n

You are the homework brigade –
\nthe math tutor
\nthe spell checker
\nthe keeper of the reading log
\nthe last-minute science project assistant. <\/p>\n

You are the worrywart –
\nthe fevers
\nthe bullies
\nthe broken bones
\nthe cars that go too fast up and down the street. <\/p>\n

Of course, you are also the party pooper –
\nthe task master
\nthe sugar police
\nthe attitude adjuster
\nthe dreaded, inevitable bedtime reminder.<\/p>\n

You are the person who loves them most –
\nthe sound of their laughter
\nthe squeeze in their arms
\nthe breadth of their imagination
\nthe way they wiggle their toes beneath the blankets. <\/p>\n

You are the last one they see before falling asleep –
\nthe story reader
\nthe forehead kisser
\nthe tucker-inner
\nthe goodnight-sweetie, see-you-in-the-morning. <\/p>\n

You are a mother.<\/p>\n

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