When You Thought I Wasn't Looking - a tribute to mothers

       When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I wanted to paint another one.

       When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you feed a stray cat, and I thought it was good to be kind to animals.

       When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make my favorite cake for me, and I knew that little things are special things.

       When you thought I wasn't looking, I heard you say a prayer, and I believed there is a God I could always talk to.

       When you thought I wasn't looking, I felt you kiss me good night, and I felt loved.

       When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw tears come from your eyes, and I learned that sometimes things hurt, but it's all right to cry.

       When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw that you cared and I wanted to be everything that I could be.

       When you thought I wasn't looking, I looked ... and wanted to say thanks for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn't looking.

from A 4th Course of Chicken Soup for the Soul

Copyright 1997 by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Hanoch

McCarty & Meladee McCarty

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