TO MY PARENT…
FROM YOUR NEWBORN CHILD

soon I will enter this brand new world …
there will be so much for us to share …

please don’t ever think
you have to be perfect …
or that you have to spend
endless pennies on me …

what I want most is you …
(and etc. …)


PRAYER FOR MY CHILD

When I first became a parent, I had no
idea what love, pain and joy I had ahead.
You did, Lord.  I am grateful that we can
raise this child together.  I am thankful that
You have offered to guide me.  There is so
much I want for this child of mine …
(and etc. …)


LIFE IS A SERIES OF CHOICES

my child, life is a series of choices …
it is choosing each day to take God into your life
or it is choosing to not …

it is choosing to celebrate being you
or it is wishing
   your Creator had made you someone else …
(and etc. …)


MY DAUGHTER … THE BRIDE

we have shared a lot of music …
lullabies, school songs, musicals …
       tomorrow, together … we will also hear music …
  tomorrow we will hear your wedding march
for tomorrow you marry …
(and etc. …)


MY SON … THE GROOM

could it be time for you to leave?
why it seems like just yesterday you were
teaching me
about doodlebugs, dinosaurs and dump trucks …
(and etc. …)


TO MY GRANDCHILD

my precious grandchild …
before you arrived
there were those who told me
how I might feel about you …

it wasn’t that I didn’t believe them …
it was just that I didn’t know …

I didn’t know that …
(and etc. …)
   

TODAY IS A SPECIAL DAY

today is a special day …
today we shall celebrate!

there will be laughter
and loudness
and hugs
and surprises …
(and etc. …)


GIVING IN LOVE

Lord, the popular song says,
“what the world needs now is love” …
I know that is true, Lord …
the world does need more love …
(and etc. …)