If – In a Daughter’s Perspective

By Bria Crawford

My dear friend Olivia wrote this based on Rudyard Kipling’s poem ‘If’.

If you can never marry,
see all your dreams rearranged,
and still remain pure,

If you can plan and plot
and it all be overturned at a moments notice,
and still submit joyfully

If you can slave over a dinner all day
only to have a child snub it
then rise again the next day and start all over again,

If you can sweep, mop, dust and scrub,
and watch as a your family walks through with boots and dirty hands
and welcome them home,

If you can teach the same math lesson one hundred times,
only for the child to still not get it,
and return tomorrow and try again,

If you can absorb the troubles around you,
take in the worn and weary,
and never be praised,

If you can remain calm,
while everyone around you gives in to the chaos,

If you can hold the child who got hurt,
doing something you told him not to,

If you can walk through the trials of life
and cling all the closer to God,

Then, then my daughters, you will be women.

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About Bria Crawford

Bria Crawford is the eldest of nine children and maintains her sanity with a regular diet of dark chocolate, coffee and good literature. She lives in the beautiful foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, enjoying the tranquil life of farming. Bria's interests include capturing life with her lens, sewing and creating timeless fashions, raiding the library of all classics, and learning Beethoven. Bria started her education out in a private Christian school and later the Lord called her career mother home and led them to homeschooling. The Lord now has called Bria's heart home until He brings Prince Charming along. She is doing her utmost to bring glory to God and honor to her father and family.

You can find Bria blogging about one of her passions over at Open Book Reviews, and you'll enjoy taking a peek at her photography website too!

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Comments

  1. Would it be ok if I re-shared this on my blog?
    It was so encouraging!
    In Christ,
    ~Rebecca

  2. Bria Crawford says:

    Certainly Rebecca! As long as you link back to Olivia!