Paradise

The shouts and screams of laughter,

the toys spilled in the hall;

I pick up shoes and jackets

and put away a doll.

Cookie crumbs seem never ending,

clothes lay everywhere,

Quiet is a funny word-

In fact, it's rather rare.

Only when at night that he sleep

is my little boy calm and still,

Yet I yearn for noises and racket;

It makes my life fulfilled.

Others call it an annoyance,

"Absurd!" they say it is,

But I call my home Paradise,

And I owe it all to my kid.

~Jennifer Lynn Clay

Just a little thought for this Sunday afternoon. Hope everyone has a great start to the week.