~A hundred years from now it will not matter what my
bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the
kind of car I drove, but the world may be different
because I was important in the life of a child.~
~Kathy Davis~
A Cradle Song
The angels are stooping
Above your bed;
They weary of trooping
With the whimpering dead.
God's laughing in Heaven
To see you so good;
The Sailing Seven
Are gay with His mood.
I sigh that kiss you,
For I must own
That I shall miss you
When you have grown.
~William Butler Yeats~
There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: