Pre-K Poems
Maybe it was the milk pressure. Maybe my milk pressure was higher and Judah’s milk pressure was lower.
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Author: Kristen
Empty Bug Jars
I found my box of empty jars, from when my boys were young.
A brush of dust, a ream of rust. I sighed; my heart unstrung.
Stacked all helter-skelter, with holes poked in the lids.
Home to centipedes, pill bugs, and singing katydids.
Missing Trombones, Broken Glasses, Various Injuries, and Zombies … Oh, My?
… reality TV shows of fishermen in the Himalayas looking for man-eating catfish, to every mother’s nemesis … zombie movies! Yes, I had foolishly thought as a young woman that I would never subject myself to a zombie movie. I was wrong.
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The Tyrannical King, Mold, and Multi-Grain Breakfast
Sweet Boy#1–“No moldy food can compare to the moldiness of Theo himself.”
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Dangerous Wildlife!
None of these amazing creatures seemed impressed enough by my presence to bother devouring, maiming, or threatening my life. That changed this week! Our whole family had a close encounter with a dangerous creature. In fact, we invited it into our own home!
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The Weak, The Stinky, The Outsider … The Heart!
“God often chooses the unpopular, the weak, the stinky, the poor, the outsiders, the anxious, the fearful” –Faramir
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Transformed
As a mother of seven, MAMO was not daunted by such a task. Before camp began, she prayed, watched, listened, and ordered a fabulous collection of transformers online that she had no idea how to put together!
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Dinosaur Stomp
One of them mused to a camp intern about spiritual matters.
“I wonder what it would be like to be stepped on by a dinosaur? That is the fourth thing I’m going to do in heaven, be stepped on by a dinosaur”
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