Housewife’s Prayer

Thank you dear Lord,

For things to do;

Tasks to complete,

That are never quite through.

Thank you for the laundry,

That piles up so fast;

For the tub I just cleaned,

Though I know it won’t last.

Thanks for the toys

That litter my floor;

For the mud-caked shoes,

That sit by the door.

Thank you for the fingerprints,

On once-cleaned glass;

Thanks for my carpet,

Now covered with grass.

Thanks for the kitchen

That never stays clean;

For the skillets to scrub

That lay in my sink.

These things in my life

Just prove that I’m blessed;

God gave me a family,

I can live with the mess.

~Sheila Hammock Gosney