Heidi Beth

10/06/07 Birthday Poem

A Poem for Matthew from Devyn and Mommy 10/06/07

I like that you're my brother.
I like that you're my son.

Violets are blue
Flowers are red
How I love to see you
bouncing on your bed

Violets are blue
Flowers are green
Smiles are happy
As happy as can be

I love you Matthew
I think you're very neat
and you're very sweet
When you're not clobbering me in the head
And Matthew I love you more than the Universe

So if you fall down, like you always do, I'll pick you up
and put you on the couch and the rest of the poem is by mom

Here you are darling. A big boy now.
Four years working every single day
How to share your brilliant smile, keep your head up high
Tell Devyn with a meaningful squeal. "Hey brother, that toy is mine!"

Crawl along the RV floor then...uh oh...right up the wall!
Chase and fly with Devyn over our Mississippi couch

Teeth steadily emerging without a single hint of fuss
running with cousins, falling in love with Maya...

In Texas now, finally together...able to spend so much time just being...mostly silly, night walks with Daddy, sometimes asleep in his arms.

Tomorrow? Next year?

The alphabet, memorized prayers, learning checkers, seeing the country from our very own truck, running the family business together. We'll find all the best rest area playgrounds, health food stores and museums...only God knows this part really. I simply pray we remember to invite Baha'u'llah to guide us in His will every day.

I found this gem cleaning off my desk tonight

He was 9 months old then...

Matthew

I would rather have no time for poetry
if it's because
I'm your mother

Loving you in my arms
smiling
struggling to grow

Engrossed in a pile
of toys
needing to be waited on...tended to
guided...taught...disciplined...shaped
enjoyed...kissed...hugged...and fed

Then, later, when you sleep
or in a cafe at 11am while you watch
people
talk to lights
drop keys and wonder
where the rice puffs are

I will write a poem for you

Live!

I'm too tired to be articulate about this week, but need to share. Saturday my mom and I opened a chapter of the Children's Theater Company which entailed 4 hours of children's classes and 2 hours of parent introduction meetings. The connections and love were palpable. Others felt it too and said so. We've been working to get this project to the starting point for months...I'll let my mom tell it.

Then this morning before my first baking class at Mettler Center, as part of the Baking Bakers (our new business), I was interviewed by local news channel 3 here. I was nervous but had a wonderful time. The class an hour later was even more fun as I spent time with 4 other women who have been working to figure out alternatives now that they or a close family member has had to give up wheat. Networking beyond the framework of the class happened and lots of laughter :). Of course baked goodies abounded, excellent reviews and hopefully new friendships.

Our new website, in it's infant stages is bakingbakers.com