Saturday, May 7, 2011

Happy Mother's Day

Mrs. Darling first heard of Peter when she was tidying up her children's minds. It is the nightly custom of every good mother after her children are asleep to rummage in their minds and put things straight for next morning, repacking into their proper places the many articles that have wandered during the day. If you could keep awake (but of course you can't) you would see your own mother doing this, and you would find it very interesting to watch her. It is quite like tidying up drawers. You would see her on her knees, I expect, lingering humorously over some of your contents, wondering where on earth you had picked this thing up, making discoveries sweet and not so sweet, pressing this to her cheek as if it were as nice as a kitten, and hurriedly stowing that out of sight. When you wake in the morning, the naughtinesses and evil passions with which you went to bed have been folded up small and placed at the bottom of your mind and on the top, beautifully aired, are spread out your prettier thoughts, ready for you to put on. (Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie)

Thanks mom for spending nights on your knees, making sure my prettier thoughts were ready to put on every morning.

4 comments:

Lilola said...

Thanx so much for sharing this! Peter Pan is one of my favorite stories, but I've never read it. See how much I've missed!

"golly! a blog"...is that creative? said...

this made me cry. thank you for posting it. It is so beautiful to actually read.

judy said...

Really nice thoughts kristi! Love to you every day but an extra special hug to a really great mom!

emily said...

I like that! Makes me want to read that book. Thanks for being a great example to me!