Do read it once...........I am sure u also won't be left untouched by the words and the feelings that they depict. The last stanza, after reading from the beginning, suddenly slows down the heart-beats.. A sad Dad's poem... This is a beautiful poem. There is an appeal from a Zimbabwean couple at the bottom of message, not asking for anything more than that you hand the poem on. The husband wrote the poem. It reminded me the classic & master piece of hindi literature the Saroj-Smriti, written in the memory of late daughter of Surykanttripathi Nirala himself.DAD - BABY RACHEL - MOM are in photo.
TO MY CHILD
Just for this morning, I am going to
smile when I see your face and laugh
when I feel like crying.
Just for this morning, I will let you
choose what you want to wear,
and smile and say how perfect it is.
Just for this morning, I am going to step
over the laundry and pick you up
and take you to
the park to play.
Just for this morning, I will leave the
dishes in the sink, and let you teach me
how to put
that puzzle of yours together.
Just for this afternoon, I will unplug
the telephone and keep the computer off,
and sit with
you in the backyard and blow bubbles.
Just for this afternoon, I will not yell
once, not even a tiny grumble when you
scream and
whine for the ice cream truck, and I will
buy you one
if he comes by.
Just for this afternoon, I won't worry
about what you are going to be when
you grow up, or
second guess every decision I have
made where you are
concerned.
Just for this afternoon, I will let you
help me bake cookies, and I won't stand over you
trying to fix them.
Just for this afternoon, I will take us
to McDonald's and buy us both a Happy
Meal so you can
have both toys.
Just for this evening, I will hold you in
my arms and tell you a story about how
you were
born and how much I love you.
Just for this evening, I will let you
splash in the tub and not get angry.
Just for this evening, I will let you
stay up late while we sit on the porch
and count all the stars.
Just for this evening, I will snuggle
beside you for hours, and miss
favourite TV shows.
Just for this evening when I run my
finger through your hair as you pray, I
will simply be
grateful that God has given me the
greatest gift ever given.
I will think about the mothers and
fathers who are searching for their
missing children, the
mothers and fathers who are visiting
their children's
graves instead of their bedrooms.
The mothers
and fathers who are in hospital rooms
watching their children suffer
senselessly and screaming
inside that little body
And when I kiss you goodnight I will hold
you a little tighter, a little longer. It is
then,
that I will thank God for you, and ask him
nothing, except one more day..............
"Hi! I am a 29-year-old father. My wife and I have had a wonderful life together. God blessed us with a child too. Our daughter's name is Rachel and she is 10 months old. Not long ago did the doctors detect brain cancer in her little body.
There is only one way to save her and that is an operation. Sadly we don't have the money for the operation. AOL and Zdnet (in Zimbabwe ) have agreed to help us.
The only way they can help is this: If you send this email to other people<>AOL will track this email and count how many people get it. Every person that opens this email and sends it to at least 3 people will give us 32c. (in Zimbabwe dollars) Please help us.
It hardly takes a min for you to forward this to your friends, Please do it."
You may get this mail to forward your friends by sending a mail at my email id -bhawnaghughtyal@gmail.com
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