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Just For This Day
By Sally Meyer
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 that 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, or how you might have been before your diagnosis
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
Just for this evening,
I will let you splash in the bathtub, and I wont get angry when you pour water over your sisters 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 snuggle beside you for hours, and miss my favorite TV show.
Just for this evening
when I kneel down to pray, I will simply be grateful for all that I have, and not ask for anything,
Except
Just one more day.
(for Dhylan)
Copyright 1998 Sally Meyer. Used with permission
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