Just For Today
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 in your flannel p.j.'s and hold you until you are ready to stir. Just for this morning, I will let you choose what you want to wear, and I will say how beautiful you are. Just for this morning I will step over the laundry to 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 together. Just for this afternoon I will unplug the telephone and keep the computer off, and sit with you in the garden blowing 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 wont worry about what you are going to be when you grow up, or how you might have been before your diagnosis. Just for this afternoon, I will let you help me make cookies, and I wont stand over you. . . trying to 'fix things. Just for this afternoon, I will take you to McDonalds and buy us both a 'Happy Meal' So you can have two toys. Just for this evening, I will hold you in my arms and tell you the story of how you were born, and how much we love you Just for this evening, I will let you splash in the bathtub, and I wont get angry when you pour water outside the tub. Just for this evening I will let you stay up late, while we sit on the porch swing and count all the stars. Just for this evening I will bring you glasses of water, and snuggle beside you for hours, and miss my favorite t.v. show. Just for this evening, when I run my fingers through your hair as I 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 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 Just one more day.
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