All That You Do (Guest Post)

This is a guest post by John and it is my amateurish attempt to figure out exactly how Lisa spends her days while I am gone. I think I've got it now.

All That You Do

Showers, breakfast, cleaning up the spills.

Making lunches, grab a coffee, give Jasmine the damned allergy pills.

Dirty laundry, funny hat day, four trips back and forth to school.

Volunteering, making copies, “Mom can’t we go to the pool?”

Is that all that you do? Is that all?

Team photographer, editing pictures… long past bedtime.

Making a difference, for your kids and others, too tired to finish your glass of wine.

Take Annalise to ballet and Justin to football, time for some more laundry.

Take Annalise to soccer, someone asks “We need a coach. Are you free?”

Is that really all that you do? Is that all?

Get the dog fed, get the kids fed, oh and remember to feed yourself too.

Fix the sprinklers, mow the lawn, but first you have to pick up the dog pooh.

Fix the plumbing, repair the electrical, and in the meantime make the house a home.

Remove a sliver, ice a twisted ankle, give kisses to your daughter who stepped on a stone.

Seriously, is that all that you do? Is that all?

Paint Annalise’s room, carry a bed down the stairs, go to the grocery store.

Lead “Walk to School Day”, finally the laundry’s done… oh wait there’s more.

Reboot the crappy computer so your kids can talk to Dad on Skype.

Staying patient with your family when all they do is gripe, gripe, gripe.

Is that all that you do? Is that all?

Being kind and patient, a mentor to a very special young man.

Showing him how to see a new world through the camera in his hand

Staying up late, crunching numbers, all for a smile and a thank you

Helping a friend succeed in her life’s work just because it’s the right thing to do.

Please tell me that is not all that you do? Is that all?

Taking care of the family finances, making sure we can retire some day.

Getting passports and booking trips to make sure that we also have a chance to get away.

Being a loving and caring Mommy and raising your kids to be good and true.

Never forgetting to let me know that you love me. That is all that you do!