- JUST FOR THIS DAY -

just for this morning, i'm going to smile whenever i see your face & laugh when I feel like crying

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just for this morning, i'll let you wake up softly, all rumpled in your flannel & i'll hold you until you're ready

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just for this morning, i'll let you choose what you want to wear, smile & say you're beautiful

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just for this morning, i'm going to step over the laundry, pick you up & take you to the park to play

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just for this morning, i'm going to eat a huge breakfast, with bacon, eggs, toast & waffles & you don't have to eat any

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just for this morning, i'll leave the dishes in the sink & let you teach me how to put that 100 piece puzzle together

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just for this afternoon, i'll unplug the telephone, keep the computer off & sit with you in the garden, blowing bubbles

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just for this afternoon, i'll not yell once, not even a tiny grumble when you scream & whine for the ice cream truck & i'll buy you one if he comes by

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just for this afternoon, i won't worry about what you're going to be when you grow up or who you might have been before your diagnosis

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just for this afternoon, i'll let you help me bake cookies & i won't stand over you trying to 'fix' things

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just for this afternoon, i'll let you put all kinds of barettes in my hair & put lipstick on my face, & i'll tell you how pretty you've made me look

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just for this afternoon i'll take you to mcdonalds & buy us both a happy meal so you can have both toys

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just for this evening, i'll hold you in my arms & tell you a story about how you were born & how much we love you

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just for this evening, i'll let you splash in the bathtub & not get angry when you throw water over your sister's head

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just for this evening, i'll let you stay up late while we sit on the porch swing & count all the stars

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just for this evening, i'll bring you glasses of water & snuggle beside you for three hours & miss my favorite show on t.v

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just for this evening, when i kneel down to pray, i'll simply be grateful for all that i have & not ask for anything, except... just one more day

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Sally Meyer
C. 1999.
No portion of this poem may be reproduced, copied, or forwarded,

without express written permission by the author.

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