Touch Your Children



	Mothers, touch your children,
	Fathers, hug them tight,
	Let them know you love them
	morning, noon & night.

	Put your arms around them,
	hold them near to you,
	Feel the beating of their hearts,
	the life that you made anew.

	Roll around the floor with them,
	tease & laugh & play,
	Listen to what they'll tell you,
	they have so much to say.

	Take time to get to know them,
	see the colors in their eyes,
	Appreciate that person
	that deep inside them lies.

	Let them run their fingers though your hair
	and down your face,
	Fill their hearts with words of praise,
	make home their favorite place.

	Cuddle with them on the couch
	and watch a TV show,
	Sing with them or share a book
	and help their world to grow.

	Take a walk into the park,
	hold each others hand,
	Smell the flowers, feed the ducks,
	build castles in the sand.

	Mothers, touch your children,
	Fathers, hug them tight,
	Show them what a gift they are,
	to love them feels so right.

	by Kathie Davis



	~~A Parents Prayer~~

	O heavenly Father, make me a better parent.
	Teach me to understand my children,
	to listen patiently to what they have to say,
	and to answer all their questions kindly.
	Keep me from interrupting them or contradicting them. Make me as courteous to them as I would have them be to me. Forbid that I should ever laugh at their mistakes, or resort to shame or ridicule when they displease me. May I never punish them for my own selfish satisfaction or to show my power. Let me not tempt my child to lie or steal. And guide me hour by hour that I may demonstrate by all I say & do that honesty produces happiness. Reduce, I pray, the meaness in me. And when I am out of sorts, help me, O Lord, to hold my tongue. May I be ever mindful that my children are children & I should not expect of them the judgement of adults. Let me not rob them of the opportunity to wait on themselves & to make decisions. Bless me with the bigness to grant them all their reasonable requests, & the courage to deny them privileges I know will do them harm. Make me fair & just & kind. And fit me, O Lord, to be loved & respected & imitated by my children.

	AMEN



	Rachel, Cody, Lucas & Aaron.....Dad & I love you with all our heart and soul. We thank God for giving each one of you to us!