Goodnight Kiss
I count it as a
privilege,
I count it cause for praise
to kiss my children goodnight
at the close of everyday.
For I know too
soon they're up and gone,
and walking out the door
And I'll never have a child to kiss
goodnight to anymore.
It's very strange
how times have changed
from the present to the past.
When did they grow so quickly
the time has flown so fast.
For it seems like
only yesterday
I helped him with his shirt,
Or patted my baby on the back,
Or kissed away a hurt.
Told a story, read
a book,
wiped a nose, or tied a shoe.
They never ask me to rub their backs
the way they used to do.
Once it was a
bother
just a troublesome kind of chore.
but now I would give anything
to do it just once more.
Mommy, bounce me
on your knee,
Daddy, flip me in the air.
Throw a rubber ball to me
and help me comb my hair.
Mommy, tickle my
tummy
Daddy hold me high.
Lets go outside, for a while,
or make a kite fly...
I count it as a
privilege I count it cause for praise
To kiss my children goodnight at the close of everyday.
For I know too soon they're up and gone
And walking out the door
And I'll never have a child
to kiss goodnight to anymore!
~ Unknown
