CREATION

Baking with my daughter
We share a lesson in creation

“Can we make chocolate chip cookies
without the morsels?”
I guess we will today
since you put them all
in your milk this morning.

“What will we call them?”
They'll be our chocolate-chipless cookies,
and they'll be wonderful.

“I want to wrap some
in purple paper and take them
to Aunt Jonnie”
We don't have purple,
but green will be pretty.

“Will Aunt Jonnie love
chocolate-chipless cookies
in green wrappers?”
Aunt Jonnie will love them
because you loved them first,
and the color of the wrapper
won't change what's inside.

“We can auntie my new left arm
with the moving elbow and fingers that bend”
My own left hand holds a plate of cookies,
I smile down to my right and see
beautiful plastic chocolate against vanilla fingers.

Her “wrapper” may be a different color,
and not all of the parts are perfect,
But how could I not love her
knowing He created and loved her first.Baking with my daughter
We share a lesson in creation

“Can we make chocolate chip cookies
without the morsels?”
I guess we will today
since you put them all
in your milk this morning.

“ What will we call them?”
They'll be our chocolate-chipless cookies,
and they'll be wonderful.

“ I want to wrap some
in purple paper and take them
to Aunt Jonnie”
We don't have purple,
but green will be pretty.

“ Will Aunt Jonnie love
chocolate-chipless cookies
in green wrappers?”
Aunt Jonnie will love them
because you loved them first,
and the color of the wrapper
won't change what's inside.

“ We can auntie my new left arm
with the moving elbow and fingers that bend”
My own left hand holds a plate of cookies,
I smile down to my right and see
beautiful plastic chocolate against vanilla fingers.

Her “wrapper” may be a different color,
and not all of the parts are perfect,
But how could I not love her
knowing He created and loved her first.

~Gaylene

This is from a few years back, it has nothing to do with any personal experiences, but I believe the message is clear. The physical appearance, color, and imperfections don't matter. We are all children of The Universe, and we all need love - irregardless of our differences.