{"id":477,"date":"2009-08-12T07:00:11","date_gmt":"2009-08-12T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/?p=477"},"modified":"2009-08-13T07:50:55","modified_gmt":"2009-08-13T11:50:55","slug":"hand-prints-august-12-daily-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/hand-prints-august-12-daily-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Hand prints, August 12 Daily Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Anna's<\/dt>\n
Anna’s Handprints 2009<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

My Hand prints
\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>
\nTiny hand prints grow so fast
\nTheir awkward groping soon will clasp
\nA ball, a book a sweetheart’s hand
\nA diploma, briefcase, a wedding band
\n\u00a0\u00a0
\nTiny hand prints grow so strong
\nIt doesn’t take them very long
\nTo snap a shirt, to paint, to draw
\nTo work hard , to drive a car
\n\u00a0\u00a0
\nTiny hand prints grow to be
\nA person that is quite unique
\nA wonderful mix of so many things
\nWith his own feelings, thought and dreams<\/p>\n

Tiny hand prints grow to rely
\nOn his parents to bring him up just right
\nHis parents pray that when he’s grown
\nHe’ll say their job has been well done<\/p>\n

Tiny hand prints are ours to love
\nThe sweetest gift from God above
\nA miracle that never is surpassed
\nHow sad they grow up way to fast – anonymous<\/p>\n

I can’t tell you how often over the past 10 years I have been so annoyed by messy hand prints in the middle of my clean storm door or on my kitchen windows.\u00a0 My mother in law always says “Lori you are going to miss those messy hand prints when they are gone”.\u00a0 I always think to myself I will miss my kids like crazy but not the spots on my clean windows.\u00a0 The other day I put my hand up to my sons hand and they are almost the same size as mine.\u00a0 It does happen so quickly.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 So today pause for a bit when you get home and get into that cleaning mode and are so annoyed by the messes your kids leave behind.\u00a0 Take a look around and realize that one day your house will be spotless and you will miss that mess.\u00a0 Thank God we have the children to make those messes, just think of all the women who wish they were able to raise children that never get to clean that mess.<\/p>\n

“Song for a 5th Child” by Ruth Hamilton.<\/p>\n

“Mother, oh Mother, come shake out your cloth, Empty the dustpan, poison the moth,
\nHang out the washing and butter the bread,
\nSew on a button and make up a bed.
\nWhere is the mother whose house is so shocking?
\nShe’s up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.
\nOh, I’ve grown shiftless as Little Boy Blue
\n(Lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo).
\nDishes are waiting and bills are past due
\n(Pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peekaboo).
\nThe shopping’s not done and there’s nothing for stew
\nAnd out in the yard there’s a hullabaloo
\nBut I’m playing Kanga and this is my Roo.
\nLook! Aren’t her eyes the most wonderful hue?
\n(Lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo).The cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow,
\nFor children grow up, as I’ve learned to my sorrow.
\nSo quiet down, cobwebs. Dust go to sleep.
\nI’m rocking my baby and babies don’t keep.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anna’s Handprints 2009 My Hand prints \u00a0\u00a0 Tiny hand prints grow so fast Their awkward groping soon will clasp A ball, a book a sweetheart’s hand A diploma, briefcase, a wedding band<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[24,136,137,109],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}