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Just For This Day
by Sally Meyer for
Dhylan
reprinted with permission
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.
About Sally Meyer for
Dhylan
See more of Sally's poetry.
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