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| Sherie (me), Trisa, Tia, and Derek in 1993 |
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| Emily, Tia, and Me (2024) |
When you were young I held you close
And rocked you oh, so tenderly.
I knew that nothing else in life
Could ever quite so precious be.
Learning each day as time went by
Year after year I with you grew
Though sometimes weary of my task
For there was ever much to do.
My task was very hard indeed.
It was not easy, not at all.
But I would ever wait on you
And answer to your every call.
There were rewards, don't get me wrong
Each thing a child learned was a thrill.
Innocent words can be so sweet
When they for once just say "I will!"
You grew so fast. Where have they gone?
Those years when I had more control?
But what a joy to see you do
The things that are best for your soul.
And then one day, the years have gone
My children now are gone from me.
You are no longer in my house.
I cannot bounce you on my knee.
Instead I see it start again
This process that has always been.
And I find comfort in the thought
That part of me has come again.
A part of me is in the child
That my child holds so tenderly.
My child looks in an infant's eyes
With love as precious as can be.
(Written a really long time ago -- again in the time of the dot matrix printer)
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| Mike, Emily, Brigham and Tia 2024 |
