For Jesse, Alexandria, Christian, Anneliese, and Clayton Ashton
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
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 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 shows.
Just for this
evening when I run
my finger through your hair
as you pray, I
will simply be grate! ful 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
that they can't
handle it anymore.
And when I kiss you good
night 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.............
Author Unknown