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 wake up softly, all
rumpled in your sheets and I will hold you until you are ready
for the day.
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 back yard
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 you 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 show.
Just for this evening, when I run my fingers 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
that 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.
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