365 Days in a Year

What makes up 365 days in a year
If you're a wife and mother with busy career?

8,760 hours. 525,600 seconds...
Fueled with maternal instinct that beckons.

Ice and snow clumped to mittens
Wet socks and jeans
Are hung where the heat is
While hot chocolate steams

A working parents worst nightmare
The dreaded school break
The first few days are joyous
Then ibuprofen I take

Sleepovers, movies, board games
Uproarious laughter
Bonfires, manhunt, great memories
Are what I am after

The best at housework or
Culinary delights, I am not
But I'll be late to work to bring
The homework you forgot

Football, Basketball, Field hockey
Joints that need ice
Open houses, teacher conferences
Concerts and....LICE!!

Fevers, vomiting and coughing
To the vets with the dog
The laundry backs up
And the toilet is clogged

Rashes and whimpers
Teen attitude divine
The late night quiet
And a few glasses of wine

Dances, graduations
Ironing shirts, tieing a tie
Please wear a dress
Please zipper your fly

Volunteering, baking, glueing
Fixing, mending,
Lecturing, chauffering,
Observing and...Spending $

Summer vacations with sand
Shore and sun
Now, pose with your sister
This is supposed to be fun

Date night with my husband
To try and regroup
Cut short with a phone call
And a bout of the croup

Make each day worth it
in your beautiful mess
Take a moment to breathe
'Wag more, bark less'

At the end of the day
Or the week, or the year
For the love of my family
It's the reason I'm here


Happy 2012 to you all! May you and your family have a wonderfully joyous, healthy, prosperous and chaotic new year!