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 very 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 McDonalds 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 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.............