It was Mothers Day here in New Zealand on Sunday. My daughters, without knowing it, gave me one of the best Mothers Day I’ve had. More than anything, a mother wishes for happy, content children and no major scuffles to break up! Miraculously, the whole day was one of peace, sunshine, blue sky and even a snatched moment for hubbie and I to enjoy being together.
This poem is for my daughters – one day they’ll read this and understand 😉 xx
They weren’t any cards, or breakfast in bed,
No fights in the kitchen, at dawn, to dread.
Miss 3 woke at three, singing ‘Do, Re, Mi’,
Couldn’t sleep for wondering what came before Ti.
She asked for food, a bath, paints to create,
Painted herself in my womb, whilst she ate.
I lasted till five, when Daddy stepped in.
Then from seven we slept, without a din.
Miss 7 and 9 happily played their games,
Till at nine the sunshine and laughter came.
What more could I wish for, on Mothers Day,
than sun and peace whilst in my bed I lay.
No plans for the day, made us all at ease.
Latte from my love, made me easy to please.
The blue sky and beach called us out from home,
We went with no grumbles, no fights, as one.
They wrote me messages of love in the sand,
My three daughters, content, a happy band.
This is what I needed, more than anything,
Feeling the love, with husband and children.
The evening was finished off with perfection.
Champagne, a spa, under a starlit sky.
A moment, with my husband, not to mention.
Time to talk, time to be, a happy sigh.
© Sarah Lee, 12 May, 2013.
____________________________________
Linking up with…
Related posts
April 2, 2016 Seeking Renewal in Autumn – a poem as the clocks turn back
July 23, 2013 Prose for Thought | In Transition – Preparing for an international move (whilst the ground shakes beneath us!)
July 18, 2013 Prose for Thought | Life’s Flow
July 5, 2013 Prose for Thought – The greenstone that seeded my love for New Zealand
June 27, 2013 Prose for Thought – After the Longest Night
June 23, 2013 The winter solstice storm that struck Wellington, June 2013 | A Poem
beautiful Im pleased you had such a nice day 🙂
Love your poem and what an awesome day 🙂
What a perfect day from beginning to end and makes us glow with admiration and pride!! Just love your poem and you did indeed have a lovely day.Big hugs all round.
Beautiful words and absolutely agree, mothers/fathers day doesn’t need presents and cards you just want happy times with your children. They’re the days you remember.
Thanks Ben. Hubbie did try to talk them into writing cards, but I genuinely said, ‘No worries,’ as they show their love in so many unprompted ways throughout the year and I didn’t want them being pulled into the whole commercial craziness. I’d much rather they learn the value of time spent together being happy, more than anything else.
Thanks Mum and Dad, it was really great. Time together, with everyone happy, is definitely the best gift of all (thought Dan did treat me to some ‘goy’ – as he calls it – from ‘Body Shop’!). x
Thanks Katie, it was a perfectly, simply, happy day x
Thanks Jen x
I smiled all the way through this poem. Delightful and you are so right, those things mean so much more than presents and cards… xx
What a joyful and happy poem, it sounds like my kind of Mothers Day – perfectly spent with your Mum and perfectly summed up in such a wonderful poem. Thank you for linking to Prose for Thought 🙂 x
So pleased you all had such a lovely day 🙂 x
Sounds like you had a lovely day!
What a super mothers day you had…as it should be surrounded with love and the girls did you proud….love your poem and yet another one for that poetry book…..love that photo of you on the beach and the message written in the sand is better than any card,,,,just perfect !!!…..big hugs all round.