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 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 Mc Donald'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, and mothers and fathers 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 mothers and fathers. 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.

**** To which I add: Send this to grandmas and grandpas, aunts and uncles too, for we tend to forget what