A weary
mother returned from the store
Lugging
groceries through the kitchen door.
Awaiting her
arrival was her eight-year-old son
Anxious to
relate what his younger brother had done.
"While
I was out playing and Dad was on a call
T.J. took
his crayons and wrote on the wall!
It's on the new paper you just hung in the den
I told him
you'd be mad at having to do it again."
She let out
a moan and furrowed her brow
"Where
is your little brother right now?"
She emptied
her arms and with a purposeful stride
She marched
to his closet where he had gone to hide.
She called
his full name as she entered his room
He trembled
with fear -- he knew that meant doom!
For the next
ten minutes, she ranted and raved
About the
expensive wallpaper and how she had saved.
Lamenting
all the work it would take to repair
She
condemned his actions and total lack of care.
The more she
scolded, the madder she got
Then stomped
from his room, totally distraught!
She headed
for the den to confirm her fears
When she saw
the wall, her eyes flooded with tears.
The message
she read pierced her soul with a dart
It said,
"I Love Mommy," surrounded by a heart.
Well, the
wallpaper remained, just as she found it
With an
empty picture frame hung to surround it.
A reminder
to her, and indeed to all
Take time to
read the handwriting on the wall!!!
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