amen

i think i may just have to make this into a vinyl sign and hang it on my front door.

EXCUSE THIS HOME

Some homes try to hide the fact

that children shelter there

Ours boasts of it quite openly

the signs are everywhere

For smears are on the windows

little smudges on the door

I should apologize, I guess,

for the toys strewn on the floor,

but I sat down with the children

we played and laughed and read.

And if the doorbell doesn't shine

their eyes will shine instead.

For when at times I'm forced to choose

the one job or the other,

I want to be a homemaker

but first I'll be a mother.