A Poem for Mom’s
This was emailed to me…..it speaks volumes……esp. regarding the importance of being with your children and not sending them to daycare!!!! I had to put it on my blog!
Childhood Doesn’t Wait
>
> I was sitting on a bench
> while in a nearby mall,
> When I noticed a young mother
> with two children who were small.
>
> The youngest one was whining,
> “Pick me up,” I heard him beg
> but the mother’s face grew angry
> as the child clung to her leg.
>
> “Don’t hang on to me,” she shouted
> as she pushed his hands away,
> I wish I’d had the courage
> to go up to her and say…
>
> “The time will come too quickly
> when those little arms that tug,
> Won’t ask for you to hold them
> or won’t freely give a hug.
>
> “The day will sneak up subtly
> just as it did with me,
> When you can’t recall the last time
> that your child sat on your knee.
>
> “Like those sacred, pre-dawn feedings
> when we cherished time alone
> Our babies grow and leave behind
> those special times we’ve know.
>
> “So when your child comes to you
> with a book that you can share,
> Or asks that you would tuck him in
> and help him say his prayer…
>
> “When he comes to sit and chat
> or would like to take a walk,
> Before you answer that you can’t
> ’cause there’s no time to talk
>
> “Remember what all parents learn
> so many times too late,
> That years go by too quickly
> and that childhood doesn’t wait.
>
> “Take every opportunity,
> if one should slip away
> Reach hard to get it back again,
> don’t wait another day.”
>
> I watched that mother walk away
> her children followed near,
> I hope she’ll pick them up
> before her chances disappear
>
> by Kathie Davis