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Excerpt from a Poem - a reminder about what really matters

By metropolitanmama | September 2, 2007

The cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow,
for children grow up, as I’ve learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust, go to sleep.
I’m rocking my baby and babies don’t keep.

by Ruth Hulburt Hamilton

*Excerpt from “Babies Don’t Keep”

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One Response to “Excerpt from a Poem - a reminder about what really matters”

1. Mom of a munchkin Says:
   September 5th, 2007 at 12:12 am

   one of my favourites!

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