Celebrations

 

Celebrations are so wonderful!
The first breathe of life,
A newborn’s cry,
Met with countless tears,
Of joy,
And, Yes!
Of celebration!
And, yet…
Before birth, what joy!
A girl; a boy!
Cheers in anticipation!
Celebration!
Ten fingers; ten toes;
Who knows ?
A genius or not,
We’ve got our child…
A child of God!
A celebration with every…
Smile and grin,
Each coo, and ah-goo,
The smallest fingers grasp my little finger,
As she is suckling,
Breast or bottle,
Mom or Grandma,
Cradles her, and celebrates!
And, now first year,
One Year old!
How bold we sit him in a highchair,
With cake and lighted candle,
Celebrating with him!
And, he confused with total freedom,
To put face to frosting,
But, we’re not done with celebrating,
First steps if not taken yet,
Alphabet recited,
And, numbers one, two three, and more,
Potty training,
Annoying celebration,
But, celebrating two things,
Let’s get real,
Less hassle with diapers,
Less poo,
But, the BEST celebration of ALL!
It’s Saturday morning,
You are in your bed sleeping,
He (your child) goes to the kitchen,
Gets his plastic bowl from the cabinet,
He pours the cereal, the milk into the bowl,
He places it on the table and gets his own spoon to eat,
Now THAT, my friends, is the BEST CELEBRATION ever!

 

Peter Lowell Paulson
August 20, 2013