A Secret

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Do you want to know a secret?

 {Well, maybe it's not a secret...}

I can't wait to be a mom.

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Somedays, I sit and I think about all the fun things we will do together

Like colour eggs

And make bead necklaces

And build our dream houses out of sand

Ride our bikes

And visit grandparents

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I'd like to think I will be a fun mom

I want to join them in the sandbox

Swing next to them and teach them how to pump

Get muddy when it rains

And drink hot chocolate with marshmallows

(It's not just for kids afterall!)

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We will go to markets

Sell lemonade

And learn about the importance of recycling

Sing nursery rhymes

Do the actions to the songs

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We will plant watermelon seeds to see if they grow

And dig holes to China

We will hang a swing in the tree

And build forts out of sheets

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I will teach them about love

And how important it is

To love each other

And the awesome love of Jesus

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We will hang their art

And frame some, too

Maybe we will even sell it on EBay

And I will have famous babies

It will be displayed in grand cities like New York

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We will learn about other cultures

Eat their food

Learn their words

If we're lucky we can visit them too

If not, we will pretend too

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And that's the other thing

Pretending!

Imagining!

Creating!

Playing!

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On days like today when I have writer's block

(Writer's block for boring things like protocols, that is)

I imagine all the fun things we will do together

There you go,

The secret's out

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