Just for this morning

Just For This Day

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 your 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, I will simply love you, for the joy you bring me

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 over your sisters head.

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.

And tonight when you are sleeping safe and warm in your bed
I will think of the mothers and fathers
who mourn for the children they have lost.

I will remember the parents who sit by hospital beds,
watching over the little ones they love.
I will weep for those parent's whose children are cold,
hungry and suffering,

and .... this evening
when I kneel down to pray
I will simply be grateful for all that I have
and not ask for anything...

except just one more day.

copyright 1999 Sally Meyer
(For Dhylan)

Used with Permission

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