Toughts of life

I'm off work filled with a cold ,
and I am not one for staying in bed.
It's funny how when I'm home all alone ,
all is quiet and so many things go round in my head.

The house just doesn't seem the same ,
since the kids have grown up and go to school all day.
I can still recall each of their first days at school ,
'don't leave me mummy ' was all they had to say.

Oh how those memories still seem like it were yesterday ,
having to leave them the tears I did cry.
At first the peace and quiet was calming ,
but then I got bored so keeping busy I had to try.

The other thoughts that enter my head when I am all alone ,
are of the mistakes I have made in the past.
The ups and downs that I have experienced ,
all the thoughts make me realise that lifes gone by so fast.

There are some things I would do differently ,
if I could live my time all over again.
But there is something I wouldn't do any differently ,
and that is being mum because it's my kids that keep me sane.