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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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