JUST FOR THIS DAY
Just for this morning,
I am going to smile whenever I see your face.
and laugh when I feel like crying.
Just for this morning,
I will let you wake up softly,
all rumpled in your flannel
and I will hold you until you are ready.
Just for this morning,
I will let you choose what you want to wear,
and smile and say you're beautiful.
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 am going to eat a huge breakfast ,
with bacon eggs, toast and waffles,
and you don't have to eat any.
Just for this morning,
I will leave the dishes in the sink, and let you
teach me how to put that 100 piece 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
or who you might have been before your diagnosis.
Just for this afternoon,
I will let you help me bake cookies, and I won't
stand over you trying to 'fix' things.
Just for this afternoon,
I will let you put all kinds of barettes in my hair,
and put lipstick on my face,
and I will tell you how pretty you have made me look.
Just for this afternoon
I will take you to McDonalds and buy us both a
Happy meal so you can have both toys.
Just for this evening,
I will hold you in my arms and tell you a story
about how you were born, and how much we love you.
Just for this evening,
I will let you splash in the bathtub and not get
angry when you throw 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 snugglebeside you for three hours
and miss my favorite show on t.v.
Just for this evening,
When I kneel down to pray,
I will simply begrateful for all that I have
and not ask for anything, except
just one more day.
Used with Authors Permission
Unchained Melody
Whoa! My love, my darling,
I hunger for your touch,
Alone. Lonely time.
And time goes by, so slowly,
And time can do so much,
Are you still mine?
I need your love.
I need your love.
God speed your love to me.
Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea,
To the open arms of the sea.
Lonely rivers sigh, wait for me, wait for me,
I'll be coming home, wait for me.
Whoa! My love, my darling,
I hunger, hunger!, for your love,
For love. Lonely time.
And time goes by, so slowly,
And time can do so much,
Are you still mine?
I need your love.
I need your love.
God speed your love to me.
