Hi steve, what a beautiful message. thanks for sharing. Original message: > 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 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 when 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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