What Did I Do Today?

What did I do today?
Today I left some dishes dirty,

The bed got made around 3:30.

The diapers soaked a little longer,

The odor grew a little stronger.

The crumbs I spilled the day before

Are staring at me from the floor.

The fingerprints there on the wall

Will likely be there still next fall.

The dirty streaks on those window panes

Will still be there next time it rains.

"Shame on you," you sit and say,

"Just what did you do today?"

I nursed a baby till he slept,

I held a toddler while she wept.

I played a game of hide-and-seek,

I squeezed a toy so it would squeak.

I pulled a wagon, sang a song,

Taught a child right from wrong.

What did I do this whole day through?

Not much that shows--I guess that's true,

Unless you think that what I've done

Might be important to someone

With bright brown eyes and soft brown hair.

If that is true--I've done my share.

Author Unknown