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A Mother's Prayer |
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azblond Senior Member
since 1999-07-01
Posts 637The Steamy Desert 
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Please help me find words of caring not scolding When my hours are limited for love and holding Please help me see she doesn’t know why Mommy’s too rushed to teach her to tie Please let me remember she’s only young once And not answer her plees with groans and grunts Please help me find the strength in the day To not quickly scold her to get out of my way Please give me the strength the wrestle and laugh When hurrying her through a three minute bath Please let my words not sound angry or mad When she has done something not so bad Please help me remember to count with her sheep When she is too restless to fall right to sleep Please never let me forget she’s a gift from above Sent here to me forever to love. ------------------ Let my words fall first upon deaf ears before a closed mind... |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Absolutely beautiful.....you write far too little you know that?  |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
I think this should hang in every house with children. Excellent! ------------------ Denise |
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Watcher666 Senior Member
since 1999-10-13
Posts 1606 |
So Lovely! ------------------ Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you. |
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Munda Member Elite
since 1999-10-08
Posts 3544The Hague, The Netherlands |
Very lovely indeed. : ) |
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Mary Junior Member
since 1999-09-23
Posts 38Delaware, Ohio, USA |
Beautifully written azblond. I must agree with Denise...this should hang in every house with children!! Well done |
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Marilyn Member Elite
since 1999-09-26
Posts 2621Ontario, Canada |
Ohh a beautiful piece! As a single mother of 3 I relate to this piece. Only have one thing to add. Please let me forget the house is a mess, There are dishes to do, laundry til christmas. My time is much needed for children so small. For the years pass by like nothing at all. |
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Lost Dreamer Member Elite
since 1999-06-20
Posts 2464Somewhere near the Rainbow |
This is much to beautiful for anyone else to miss as I had the first time around. I agree with all here it should be posted in every home with children. |
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azblond Senior Member
since 1999-07-01
Posts 637The Steamy Desert |
My hope is that I remember these words all the time, at the end of those long and tiring days, the reasons to keep smiling and laughing in a world sometimes gone wrong is because of these beautiful children who make every day a little more special for us...the greatest gift in life is to be a parent, the truest love in the world is that of a child. ------------------ Let my words fall first upon deaf ears before a closed mind... |
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