Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Here is the story of a boy. My boy.



Riley Sloan is 9. He loves his family fine.
His family loves him to the moon, but sadly, lots of times
Riley Sloan has trouble with a thing or two.
He can’t sit still or read a book; He can’t yet tie his shoe.
He can’t control his temper. His frustrations just abound.
He can’t yet ride his bicycle, And when he falls, he throws it down.
He talks while others are talking and interrupts their conversations.
He fights for their attention no matter the occasion.
Riley knows these things are wrong, but, still he does them all day long.
He tries like mad to listen and learn from every lesson,
But somehow things get jumbled up, and piled up, and tumbled up.
And pretty soon, he’s lost direction, and his mind can’t slow down for reflection.
He’s naughty a lot and it makes him sad. He doesn’t mean to be so bad.
But Riley isn’t ghastly. His little mind just goes so fast.
He tries so hard to slow things down, but his thoughts race and run around
Out of control despite him trying over and over, he winds up crying
Exhausted from all the time it takes to do what’s right in each choice he makes.
I can’t imagine what I’d find if I looked inside of Riley’s mind.
But He loves to sing and loves to fish and pancakes are his favorite dish!
He can do other things quite well! Like run, and play, and jump and yell!
He does great flips on his trampoline, maybe the best you’ve ever seen!
He can run a mile as fast as light!  His heart is big and his eyes are bright!
He cares when others are hurt or sad.  And he dearly loves his mom and dad.
Maybe Riley just needs more time.  More time to learn, more time to find
The self-control that we all see as something that comes naturally.
And maybe since we are his safety net, we see when it’s bad as it can get.
And maybe if we always try to remember as every day goes by
That he’s the balloon on the wind and wing, and we as his parents are the string.
In keeping him grounded, we do our best, and hope for him all happiness.

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