Courtney Kelsey

Before I was a Mom,
I never tripped over toys
or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn’t worry whether or not
my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.
Before I was a Mom,
I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind
and my thoughts.
I slept all night.
Before I was a Mom,
I never held [...]

A Christmas Thought
If there had never been a Christmas
or the Holy Christ Child’s Birth,
Or the angels singing in the sky
of promised PEACE on EARTH–
What would the world be like today
with no ETERNAL GOAL,
What would the temporal body be
without a living soul–
Just what would give us courage
to push on when hope is dead
Except the Christmas [...]

Let Us Bring Him a Gift of Joy as Did the Little Drummer Boy
As once more we approach
the Birthday of OUR KING–
Do we search our hearts
for a GIFT we can bring,
Do we stand by in awe
like the small DRUMMER BOY
Who had no rare jewels,
not even a toy,
To lay at Christ’s Crib
like the Wise Men of [...]

As the Eagle soars
And spreads it wings,
Sometime it dips;
Sometimes it rises,
And often seems to fall
From great heights,
Until, filled with
Breath-taking surprises
It climbs to even greater
Heights anew.
And so do you!
Your dips and falls
Do not confound me
Half so much as
Your heights astound me!
Marsha Newman
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A HAPPY HOME RECIPE
4 cups of love
2 cups of loyalty
3 cups of friendship
1 cup of forgiveness
2 sprinkles of tenderness
1 barrel of laughter
5 sprinkles of hope
4 quarts of faith
Take love and loyalty, mix with faith.  Blend it with tenderness and understanding.  Add friendship and hope, sprinkle with laughter.  Bake it with sunshine.  Serve daily with generous [...]

Why God Made Little Girls
God made the world with its towering trees
Majestic mountains and restless seas
Then paused and said, “It needs one more thing
Someone to laugh and dance and sing
To walk in the woods and gather flowers
To commune with nature in quiet hours”
So God made little girls
With laughing eyes and bouncing curls
With joyful hearts and [...]

What is America the Beautiful?
God built a continent with glory, and filled it with treasures untold.  He bedecked it with soft, rolling prairies, and pillared it with thundering mountains.
He studded it with sweet flowing fountains, and encompassed it with long, winding streams.  He graced it with deep, shadowed forests, and filled them with song.
These treasures [...]

Mother’s Creed – I am a Mother. I link humanity’s past to the future.
My Great Moment in History is today. Like a precious pearl in the strand of time – I add light and love and laughter to the timeless thread of life that fastens me to generations past.
My task is both common and [...]

Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my shape to keep.
Please no wrinkles, Please no bags
And please lift my butt before it sags.
Please no age spots, Please no gray
And as for my belly, Please take it away.
Please keep me healthy, Please keep me young,
And thank you Dear Lord, For all that you’ve [...]

“Our Father in Heaven
whose Love is Divine,
Thanks for the love
of a Mother like mine—
And in Thy great mercy
look down from Above
And grant this dear Mother
the GIFT of YOUR LOVE—
And all through the year,
whatever betide her,
Assure her each day
that YOU are beside her—-
And, FATHER in HEAVEN,
show me the way
To lighten her tasks
and brighten her day,
And bless [...]