Just For Today…………

I am going to smile when I see your face and laugh when I feel like crying.

I will let you choose what you want to wear, and smile and say how perfect it is.

I am going to step over the laundry and pick you up and take you to the park to play.

I will leave the dishes in the sink, and let you teach me how to put that puzzle of yours together.

I will switch the phone and computer off, and sit with you outside to blow bubbles.

I will not yell once, not even a tone of anger when you whine for whatever it is that you want.

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.

I will let you help me bake cookies, and make a mess.

I will take us to McDonald’s and buy us both a Happy Meal so you can have both toys.

I will hold you in my arms and tell you a story about how you were born and how much I love you.

I will let you splash in the tub and not get angry. I will let you stay up late while we sit on the porch and count all the stars.

I will snuggle beside you for hours, and miss my favourite TV shows.

Tonight, when I run my fingers through your hair, I will simply be grateful that God has given me the greatest gift ever given.

I will think about the mothers and fathers who are searching for their missing children, the mothers and fathers who are visiting their children’s graves instead of their bedrooms. The mothers and fathers who are in hospital rooms watching their children suffer senselessly and screaming inside that little body