This one might make you stop and think about the real priorities in life
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 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
*****es, 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 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 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 Lord
for you, and ask Him for nothing, except one more day........
Borrowed Wings-
