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 choose what you want to wear, and smile and say how perfect it is.
Just this morning, I am going to step over the laundry, and pick you up and take you to the park to play.
Just this morning, I will leave the dishes in the sink, and let you teach me how to put that puzzle of yours together.
Just for this afternoon, I will unplug the telephone and keep the computer off, and sit with you in the backyard and blow bubbles.
Just for this afternoon, I won't worry about what you are going to be when you grow up or second-guess every decision I have made where you are concern.
Just for this afternoon, I will let you help me bake cookies, and I won’t stand over you trying to fix them.
Just for this evening, I will hold you in my arms and tell you a story about how you were born, and how much I love you.
Just for this evening, I will let you splash in the tub and not get angry.
Just for this evening, I will let you stay up late while we sit on the porch and count all the stars.
Just for this evening, I will snuggle beside you for hours, and miss my favourite TV show.
Just for this evening when I run my fingers through your hair as you pray, I will simply be grateful that God has given me the Greatest Gift ever given.
I will think about the mothers and fathers who are searching for missing children, the parents who are visiting their children’s graves, instead of their bedrooms, and parents who are in hospital rooms watching their children suffer senselessly and screaming inside that they can’t handle it anymore, and when I kiss you goodnight, I will hold you a little tighter, a little longer.
It is then that I will thank God for you, and ask him for nothing, except one more day. 
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