Sunshine Wolf
January 21, 2000

For The Children

Do you know how much I admire you?

How in awe of you I am?

Never a day passes

Without me thanking my lucky stars

That you chose me from the millions

Of possibilities available to you.

You look up to me – how could you?

I am tired and often confused.

I err with abandon and then do it again.

I try my best, yet am painfully aware

of how short my best falls from the mark.

But you are a piece of me.

The best piece I think.

All of my good intentions

Have taken form and substance in you.

So young, already you are far ahead of me.

So naive, and so wise.

So fresh and full of possibilities

Unbounded opportunity stretching in all directions.

The student educates the teacher

As to what the real lessons are.

And I am raptly caught up in the lessons.

Love

Patience

Honor

Hope

Enthusiasm

Joy

Amusement

Laughter

Pain

Choice

Responsibility

An endless list of lessons

In a world of infinite possibilities.

Take my hand

Walk with me yet a while

Fly away on unbounded wings

Return to share your triumphs

Your disappointments

And your love.

I remain steadfast in my devotion

And my awe.

Thank you for being you

For seeing the me I can’t always see.

For helping me know the mysteries

And for teaching an old dog new tricks.

You are my true loves.

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My daughter taught me that, you say it so very well. Love,

you know… old dogs are the smartest! how pretty these words are all put together, how sweet a message.

WOW!! very touching! (duffer)

Beautiful!

BBe
January 22, 2000

Ohh, this is so beautiful. You said what I think. You should do that more often. *S*

Isn’t it odd how we can look at our children and see the best part of ourselves, yet we wouldn’t have them if we hadn’t joined together with our ex-spouse. Eww, my brain is starting to hurt just thinking about it. XOXO

I am grinning from ear to ear after reading this! This is beautiful! {{{{{HUG}}}}}

I agree so much. And they are so lucky to have you as a mom too. Without you, they couldn’t have grown into the great people they are!

Magical !

Beautiful entry…mostly because it is so sincere and percies straight to the core of the heart 🙂 I liked it a lot! -ShineBright (not signed in)

There are so many people in our lives who give us help and strength, and teach us about ourselves. You expressed (I’m sure that’s the wrong spelling) it beautifully.

beautiful, sweetie 🙂 thanks for putting the words down *hug* -sophist 🙂

ahhh, this is so sweet…I love it. And I agree …they are lucky to have YOU.

Hmmmm… I wish I was like that again…

Lovely! This old dog keleps learning new tricks. Thanks for the hilarious note you left me.

This old dog also keeps forgetting how to spell familiar words like “keeps.”

what a beautiful entry, Sunshine! Bet you anything they feel the same way about you! 🙂

Beautifully expressed. Mine are grown, and turned out pretty darn good. Lucky me, considering all the hindsight ‘mistakes’ I made as a parent.*

That was lovely, poetic, and wise. BTW did you lose power? My kids had to come see me ’cause their power was out.

Lovely stuff!

Great stuff Sunshie W~Boy can I relate. Grins~

What a wonderful tribute, SW!!

I learn daily from the fearlessness of the young poets I work with…they are teaching me how to eat life. They do not cling to regrets. They take bold strides through life, unencumbered by fear and self-pity.

Thank you for understanding.

Wow. This is incredible. Made me think immediately of my kids. They keep me constantly learning.

Super Duper Tribute!

Mns
January 31, 2000

I’m loving this one, Sunshine… so true, so true… thanx 🙂

My boys are my life…

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