When you thought I wasn't looking you hung my first painting on the
refrigerator,
and I wanted to paint another.
When you thought I wasn't looking you fed a stray cat,
and I thought it
was good to be kind to animals.
When you thought I wasn't looking you baked a birthday cake just for
me,
and I knew that little things were special things.
When you thought I wasn't looking you said a prayer,
and I believed
there was a God that I could always talk to.
When you thought I wasn't looking you kissed me good-night,
and I felt
loved.
When you thought I wasn't looking I saw tears come from your eyes,
and
I learned that sometimes things hurt-but that it's all right to cry.
When you thought I wasn't looking you smiled,
and it made me want to
look that pretty, too.
When you thought I wasn't looking you cared,
and I wanted to be
everything I could be.
When you thought I wasn't looking-I looked . . .
and wanted to say
thanks for all those things you did when you thought I wasn't looking.