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Im just feeling so grateful that my children are home and safe.

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izzybiz · 13/05/2007 11:10

With recent events wanted to share this,

Just for today.

Just for today, 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, im going to step over the laundry, 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 show me how to put that puzzle of yours together.
Just for this afternoon, i will unplug the phone, keep the computer off, and sit with you in the garden blowing bubbles.
Just for this afternoon, i will not yell once, not even when you scream and whine for the ice cream van, and i will buy you one if he comes by.
Just for this afternoon, i wont worry about what you will be when you grow up, or second guess every decision i have made were you are concerned.
Just for this afternoon, i will let you help me make cookies, and i wont stand over you trying to fix them.
Just for this afternoon, i will take us to Macdonalds, 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 bath and not get angry.
Just for this evening, i will let you stay up late while we sit outside and count the stars.
Just for this evening, i will snuggle beside you for hours and miss my favourite tv shows.
Just for this evening, when i brush your hair, i will simply be grateful that i have been given 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
childrens graves instead of their bedrooms, and mothers and fathers who are in hospital rooms watching their children suffering, while
screaming inside that they can't handle any more.
And when i kiss you goodnight, 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......

OP posts:
WideWebWitch · 13/05/2007 21:42

I apologised for posting and said each to their own!

debbsyandsonn · 13/05/2007 21:45

exactly www but in light of events i thought it was somehow very poignant.

Summerfruit · 13/05/2007 21:47

Message withdrawn

sandyballs · 13/05/2007 21:50

Forget the wording, it's the sentinment, the idea that is lovely IMO. We all need to stop and smell the roses.

sandyballs · 13/05/2007 21:50

Forget the wording, it's the sentinment, the idea that is lovely IMO. We all need to stop and smell the roses.

UCM · 13/05/2007 21:52

Telling people to piss off or calling them names isn't going to make this thread any nicer though really.

Would it be very possible, just for today, if everyone left this thread alone.

I have noticed today that there hasn't been as much arguing and (although it makes for dull reading) it's also made me feel calm on here for the first time this week.......

expatinscotland · 13/05/2007 21:53

Well, no surprises here:

VOM

debbsyandsonn · 13/05/2007 21:53

did it without thinking

Rhubarb · 13/05/2007 21:59

I found it uncomfortable as I immediately thought of Madeline's parents and how they would love to do all of that but can't. So I read it as a bit smug.

But that's just me being a cynical old hag.

I'm sure it has a nice sentiment.

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izzybiz · 13/05/2007 23:07

Can i just add,

I didnt write it, its something i found online and thought i would share it, shant bother again!

If any of you remember, we have had a huge loss in our family and I just felt that the poem made the point that life is short and make the most of your children and be grateful.

Parping myself now , get on with it!!

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threelittlebabies · 13/05/2007 23:21

Lovely, izzybiz Have read it before, but nice to be reminded.

reece · 14/05/2007 00:09

Lovely izzybiz. The parents of Madeline would do anything to be able to do all those things again.
We have just arrived home after 10 days in Spain and followed the news coverage every day. Madeline was kidnapped the day we set off and when we were returning through the airport today I could only think of how lucky we were to be bringing our 2 children back home with us safe and sound.
Madeline's parents may never ever do that. What a heartbreaking thought.

welliemum · 14/05/2007 03:02

OK, here's my poem.

Every day.
Every morning, I'm going to do the laundry and sort out the dishes before taking you out to play, because one day you'll have a place of your own and you need to know that housework is boring but must be done (and I don't think food poisoning is all that much fun anyway)

Every afternoon, even if I find I'm not being the parent I want to be, I'll remind myself that some days are grotty and that's life, and I'll try my best to keep the grot at bay without panicking about it and madly overcompensating.

Every afternoon, I'll think about what you'll be when you grow up: I want you to be a good person and to be happy, and I'll do my best day by day to help you to get there - it's what I'm here for after all.

Every day, I'll think of nice things to do that don't involve telling you that rubbishy advertising gimmicks are a treat - you deserve better than that.

Every evening, I'll remind you to splash inside the bath not on the floor, so you always know exactly where the boundaries are.

Every evening, I will hold you in my arms and tell you how much I love you, because I'm your mother and I don't need any kind of poem to remind me to do it.

And when I kiss you goodnight, I will never think about how much time we might have together, because I don't want to blight your childhood with my fear of things that may never happen.

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... because I don't think any parent needs to be reminded about how fragile life is. Speaking personally, I'm much more in need of reminding that mostly, families muddle through OK, children grow up and have children of their own... life goes on.

McDreamy · 14/05/2007 05:30

izzy that was lovely - made me cry too!

twentypence · 14/05/2007 06:58

I like Welliemum's it's more do-able. Whenever I said I was bored as a kid my mum said 'well just consider it preparation for work' and got on with whatever household job she had to do.

And good on her, I learnt to make my own fun (and also made sure I ended up doing work that is in no way boring).

welliemum · 14/05/2007 08:15

Snap twentypence, my mum did the same!

Kathyis6incheshigh · 14/05/2007 10:14

Like it Welliemum.

welliemum · 14/05/2007 20:33

Thanks - although I've just realised Boco said what I wanted to say earlier than me, better than me, and about a hundred times more concisely!

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