A Parents Prayer
Thank you God for

The children of mine
Who teach me things
That blow my mind.
They entertain themselves
In the funniest ways.
I pray that the innocence
They possess never goes away.
I pray they will
Grow up and be smart,
And I pray that they will never grow apart.
I pray that they will call home
Whenever they are near a phone.
I pray that they never feel alone.
I hope they turn to you
Through guidance and prayer
And know that you and their parents
Will always be there.

 © Althea A. Anker

Little Children

Little children are a treasure 

Their worth you can not measure 
In terms of money or gold. 
Their voices are the melody 
That vibrates deep inside of me 
Worth their weight, a thousand fold. 
Their eyes so brightly shining 
They are the silver lining 
That brightens up my day. 
I couldn't live without them 
More priceless then any gem 
My loneliness they chase away....

~Ron Zupsic

To Motherhood

They say the child chooses
the parent before
they are conceived

God gave me lists
of mother's names
and pictures of them too.

I looked and looked
they all looked the same
and then I saw you.

Who is this woman?
I asked the Lord
She looks quite nice to me.
You have chosen well my child.
And he spoke these words to me.

She is kind and gentle
and very wise
and she will hold you
close to her
when you cry.

Her eyes will shine
when you take your first step
and smile at your delight.

She will show her pride
when you succeed
and pick you up
when you fail.

She will work hard
to give you the best she can
and rock you to sleep with weary time worn hands.

She will shelter you
on stormy days
and dry your fears away.
She will bask with you
in sunshine on
sunny summer days.

And when you are grown
like you soon will be
She will still be there
To comfort thee.

I choose her.
I told the Lord
For none like her
I've seen before.

And the day came
when I was born.
I had chosen well
of this I'm sure.

I picked you
above the rest
and because I did
My life is blessed

Just For Today

Just for this morning I won't wash cloths, instead we will watch your favorite cartoon.

Just for this morning I won't wash dishes, instead we will color together.
Just for this afternoon I won't watch my soaps; instead we will go to the park and feed the ducks.
Just for this afternoon you and I will snuggle up on the couch and watch a favorite movie and eat popcorn.
Just for tonight I will let you help me fix dinner and I won't yell at you for making a mess.
Just for tonight I won't yell when you splash water all over the bathroom floor.
Just for tonight when I tuck you into bed and we snuggle together to read your favorite story I will hold you a little tighter and a little longer and Thank God for giving you to me.

                                                                                                                                                      © Misty J. Eades

Sure God created man before woman. 

But then you always make a rough draft before the final masterpiece. 

 ~Author Unknown

“The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.”

- Thomas Jefferson

Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits, have some means of enjoyment in their power, which no subsequent connections can supply...

                                                                                           ~Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, 1814

Sweet, sweeter, sweetest little one...

Some kids are shy,
Some kids will cry,
Some kids don't mind,
But this one always smiles!
                               ~EEP