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Linnie41

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Just for Today
Posted : 26 Apr, 2009 01:04 AM

This is a popular poem, and it holds so much wisdom on how short our time with our kids are - we need to enjoy every second of it.



Just For Today

by Sally Meyer



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 won't 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 McDonald's 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 won't get angry when you pour water over your sister's

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 parents 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.

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tristan07

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Just for Today
Posted : 6 May, 2009 09:37 AM

I love this, it's awesome!



That's one of the things I TRY to do is drop everything when one of my kids needs or asks for my attention.

It has taken me some time to learn to balance it all, They don't need me in thier faces all the time, and seem content to play on thier own alot, but there are times when they do need and want my attention, and there are times when I really need thier attention.



Parents should feel a desire to spend time with thier kids too, not just just be around them. The majority of my time belongs to my kids and I like it that way, and so do they.

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hollowedpt

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Posted : 6 May, 2009 05:16 PM

wow!

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