Early Mother's Day

This afternoon, I received one of my favorite Mother's Day gifts EVER. When Devin got home from school today, the first thing I did was to check his backpack for any "mail" from the school--corrected school papers, notes from the teacher, etc.--as I do every afternoon. As I was shuffling through the stack of papers, I came across a poorly hidden poem that Devin had written for me in his writing class. All the children in his class were given the same title for Mom poems, and Devin forgot to put it away for Sunday. I asked him if I could read it or if he wanted me to save it for Sunday, and he gave his blessing for me to read it now (as if I could wait, anyway!!!). I would now like to share that poem with you, because I love it so much and am so proud of my clever, creative kid!

If My Mom Were In Charge of The World
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If my Mom were in charge of the world,
She'd cancel video games,
Bills,
Housework, and also
Justin Bieber.

If my Mom were in charge of the World
There'd be more money,
More school, and
More cats and dogs.

If my Mom were in charge of the world,
You wouldn't have snow,
You wouldn't have cooking,
You wouldn't have bills,
or "I want videogames",
You wouldn't even have PS3.

If my Mom were in charge of the world,
A Gamestop would be illegal,
All Nerf weapons would be banished,
And a person who sometimes forgot to wash the dishes,
And sometimes forgot to clean my room
Would still be allowed to be
In charge of the World.

Happy Mother's Day May 2011
Love, Devin

I have to respectfully disagree with a few of the statements made in this poem, (Nerf weapons would be very legal, and there would be cooking, just not always ME cooking! :) but I love the 9-year old point of view, so I will not tell Devin that I disagree with any of them! The fact that he took the time to write this for me (even if his teacher made him do so) and put his heart into it makes it a mother's day gift I will cherish forever. He also included some hand-drawn illustrations with the poem that make it that much better! I love this kid so much!!!!