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 tothe 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 withyou 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 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 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 favorite 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 and fathers who are searching for their missing children, the mothers and fathers who are visiting their children's graves instead of their bedrooms.
The mothers and fathers who are in hospital rooms
watching their children suffer senselessly and screaming inside that little body
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..............
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About Me
- melvis0803
- I have decided to start this blog for several reasons. The first and foremost is because of my children, and as I grow older and wonder about my own parents and family, I realize that I had no idea what their feelings were or what they were thinking at the time. My family wasn't much for the idea of communicating. LOL. The second reason is for myself, because I've come to realize that I"ve traveled a great deal of this journey of life and hopefully I have further to go, but I have a hard time remembering the moments or the reasons that I became who I am today and who I will become tomarrow. I used to constantly write stories and poems and songs to help me sort through my feelings and ideas and emotions, but over the years as life evolves, I guess you just keep the good stuff on the back burner. That and the fact that I never seem to get a moment to actually write stuff down (or perhaps too lazy to write long handed) gives me the conclusion that I needed to do this for my own self.
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