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| A mother learns her child has cancer, Or a father that his child has autism. A couple learns their baby will be born with Downs Syndrome, A child is sent to an evaluation To check for ADD. Who is to blame? Did Uncle Harry have cancer? Aunt Flo Autism? Was mom too old to have a child? Was it caused by the drugs done by the father in the past? The search is on for someone to blame, For surely it can be traced to this person or that. But does it really matter? The child will still be the same When it is discovered that great great grandma Lucie Had six toes on each foot. So it must all be her fault! The child will not change. He still needs his parents love, She still needs her grandma to hold her. What matters is the child, And what can be done To make things a little better. But we so often forget the child In our rush to assign blame. Marriages are strained, Families sometimes fall apart, And God is even questioned. Yet we are human, After all. Maybe that is the root of the problem, We are human! By Odis E. Shultz October 3, 1999 |
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