To My Child
For all Moms and Dads - children and grandchildren grow
up and are gone from you so quickly!
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 the park to play.
Just for this morning, I will 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 for this afternoon, I will let you help me bake
cookies, and 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 splash in the tub and not get angry.
Just for this evening, I will let you stay up late while we
sit on the porch and count all the stars.
Just for this evening, I will snuggle beside you for hours,
and miss my favourite TV shows.
Just for this evening when I run my finger 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 who are searching for their missing children, the mothers who are visiting their children's graves instead of their bedrooms, and mothers who are in hospital rooms watching their children suffer senselessly, 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.............
Please pass this on to other parents. I think that we get too involved in our daily routines that we tend to forget what great gifts our children really are. We never know if God is going to give us one more day.
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