To my child
To my child..Just for this morning, I am going
to smile when I see your face, and laugh when I feel like crying. Just for this
morning, I will let you choose what you want to wear, and smile and say how
perfect it is. Just for this morning, I am going to step over the laundry, and
pick you up and take you to play. Just for this mornng, I wil leave the dishes
in the sink, and let you teach me how to put that puzzle of yours together. Just
for this afternoon, I will unplug the telephone and keep the computer off, and
sit with you in the backyard and blow bubbles. Just for this afternoon, I will
not yell once... not even a tiny grumble-when you scream and whine for the ice
cream truck....and I will buy you one if he comes by. Just for this afternoon, I
won't worry about what you are going to be when you grow up. or second guess
every decision I have made where you are concerned. Just this afternoon, I will
let you help me bake cookies, and I won't stand over you trying to fix them.
Just for this afternoon, I will take us to McDonald's and buy us both a Happy
Meal so you can have both toys. Just for this evening, I will hold you in my
arms and tell you a story about how you were born and how much i love you. Just
for this evening, I will let you stay up late while we sit on the porch and
count the stars. Just for this evening, I will snuggle beside you for hours, and
miss my favorite TV shows. Just for this evening, when I run my fingers through
your hair as you pray, I will simply be grateful that God has given me the
greatest gift ever given. I will think about the mothers and fathers who are
searching for their missing children, the mothers and the fathers who are
visiting their children's graves instead of their bedrooms, and mothers and
fathers who are in hospital rooms watching their children suffer senselssly, and
screaming inside they can't handle it anymore. And when I kiss you goodnight, I
will hold you a little tighter, a little longer...it is then that i will thank
God for you and ask him for nothing, except one more day...
