from my friend Lindsy

Please read and forward to as many people as you can. You'll
> >understand after reading this.
> >
> > To My Child (don't delete ~ its being tracked)
> >
> > Be sure and read to the bottom portion.....
> >
> > Just for this morning, I am going to smile when I see your face
> >and laugh when I feel like crying.
> > Just for t his 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 finger 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 father s 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..............