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Big Mud Puddles <br /><br />and <br /><br />Sunny Yellow Dandelions <br />Author Unknown <br /><br />When I look at a patch of dandelions, I see a bunch of weeds that are going to take over my yard. <br />My kids see flowers for Mom and blowing white fluff you can wish on. <br /><br /><br />When I look at an old drunk and he smiles at me, I see a smelly, dirty person who probably wants money and I look away. <br />My kids see someone smiling at them and they smile back. <br /><br /><br />When I hear music I love, I know I can't carry a tune and don't have much rhythm so I sit self-consciously and listen. <br />My kids feel the beat and move to it. They sing out the words. If they don't know them, they make up their own. <br /><br /><br />When I feel wind on my face, I brace myself against it. I feel it messing up my hair and pulling me back when I walk. <br />My kids close their eyes, spread their arms and fly with it, until they fall to the ground laughing. <br /><br /><br />When I pray, I say thee and thou and grant me this, give me that. <br />My kids say, "Hi God! Thanks for my toys and my friends. Please keep the bad dreams away tonight. Sorry, I don't want to go to Heaven yet. I would miss my Mommy and Daddy." <br /><br /><br />When I see a mud puddle I step around it. I see muddy shoes and dirty carpets. <br /><br />My kids sit in it. They see dams to build, rivers to cross, and worms to play with. <br /><br />I wonder if we are given kids to teach or to learn from? No wonder God loves the little children! <br />Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. <br /><br />I wish you Big Mud Puddles and Sunny Yellow Dandelions!!! <br /><br />"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away."