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 wake up softly, all rumpled in your
sheets and I will hold you until you are ready for the day.

Just for this morning, I will let you choose what you want to wear, and smile
and say how perfect it is.

Just for this morning, I am going to step over the laundry, and pick
you up and take you to the park to play.

Just for 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 back yard and blow bubbles.

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
favorite 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 who are searching for their missing
children, the mothers who are visiting their children's graves instead
of their bedrooms, and mothers 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 Just for you, and
ask him for nothing, except one more day.