United Brachial Plexus Network, Inc.

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 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 backyard and blow bubbles.

Just for this afternoon, I will not yell once, not even a tiny grumble when you scream and whine for the ice cream truck, and I will buy you one if he comes by.

Just for this afternoon, I won't worry about what you are going to be when you grow up, or second guess every decision I have made where you are concerned.

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 afternoon, I will take us to McDonald's and buy us both a Happy Meal so you can have both toys.

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 shows.

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 and fathers who are searching for their missing children, the mothers and fathers who are visiting their children's graves instead of their bedrooms, and mothers and fathers 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 good night I will hold you a little tighter, a little longer. It is then, that I will thank God for you, and ask him for nothing, except one more day.............

Author: Unknown

I wanted to share this with you. It was sent to me in an email from a very close friend. If you would like me to send it to you let me know I would be happy to.
Barbara

Beautiful poem, makes so much sense though. Somtimes we get caught up with all our therapies and appointments that we forget to do fun little things with our kids. Tomorrow I am going to take a day off from all that and spend time with my baby and kids after school and forget the house!
I heard a poem once that went,
If on judgment day, the lord shall say,
"did you clean your house today?"
I shall say, "no I did not, I played with my children and I forgot".
Yup, that's me tomorrow.
Paula

Barbara,

This poem is beautiful, it says so much about what we need not do and what we should do.

Thank you for sharing it with us, I am going to copy it and share it with my friends.

Karen

Thank you~~~
I really needed that today.
T.

I'm glad!!
I just had to share this with others.

bumping this up!

BarbH
Thanks so much for posting this. It is so beautiful and so true. In the blink of an eye our children grow and we wonder why we did not take off more days.

I am going to copy and pass this on to my daughter.

I am glad I took some days off... but wish I had taken even more...
Kath

I am so glad that someone "bumped this up". I am still new to the UBPN website since I just found it a few weeks ago.

This poem brought tears to my eyes.

Destiny is going to be 4 months old in 10 days and it WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!

I tried for 13 years to have a child...I dreamed, I prayed, I wished with all my heart.......

I sit here at the computer with tears running down my face and feeling so all alone. I lost three babies before Destiny, so I know I should be grateful that she at least "made it here", but it still hurts so bad that it is MY BABY!!!

We don't have insurance to cover primary surgury so we are doing several fundraisers...I know that each and every one of you with an OBPI baby went through the therapy, the ROM, the doctors appointments, the phone calls....It was so much for me to handle and now I have to also deal with raising 65,000.00!! I don't know how much more I can take.

I am missing her growing up and she is right here with me. Do I play with her, or do I write another letter in hopes of $5.00 to go towards her surgury so she can get better?? I just feel like it's so hard to make that decision...forget the $$, no surgury....work for the $$, no playtime with the baby...

I'm sorry for venting to everyone. It's just that you people are the only ones who can even begin to comprehend what I am going through...just wish you were more than "computer words". Wish I could just reach out and hug each and every one of you! Pray for me and Destiny.

Cathy
Every one here understand just what you are feeling.
Destiny has a special mother.
hug to you
Kath