Just for today!!! .... sent to me by Angie when she had small children.

Aug.15, 2005

Just for this morning,  I am going to smile when I see your face and laugh.

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 your puzzle together.

Just for today , I will unplug the telephone and turn 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 ....

Just for this afternoon, I won't worry about what you will be when you grow up...

For today I will let you make cookies ...and I won't stand over you.                   

 Just for the day I will take you to McDonalds and get you a happy meal...I will hold you and tell you how you were born and how much I love you. 

For now I will let you splash in the tub  and not get angry and come evening sit on the porch with you and we will count all the stars. 

I will snuggle beside you for hours and miss my favorite show on tv.   And just for this evening I will run my fingers through your hair as you say your night prayer ....and I will simple be grateful that God has given me the greatest gift ever....YOU!! 

And yes, I will think about the mothers and fathers who are searching for their  missing child .....  the mothers and fathers who are visiting their childrens graves instead of their bedrooms , and those in hospitals watching as their children suffer and will scream inside that they can't handle it anymore. 

And when I kiss you goodnight I will hold you a little tighter... , a little longer and then I will thank God for  you and ask him for nothing more ..., than just 

                                 ONE MORE DAY!!!