Nov 4.97: Light For The Day - "Little Things" 

"Children are a gift from the Lord;
they are a real blessing."
-- Psalms 127:3 (TEV)

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"Little Things"

My hands were busy through the day 
I didn't have much time to play 
The little games you asked me to. 
I didn't have much time for you.
I'd wash your clothes, I'd sew and cook,
But when you'd bring your picture book
And ask me please to share your fun,
I'd say: "A little later, son."
I'd tuck you in all safe at night
And hear your prayers, turn out the light,
The tiptoe softly to the door...
I wish I'd stayed a minute more.

For time is short, the years rush past..
A little boy grows up so fast.
No longer is he at your side,
His precious secrets to confide.
The picture books are put away,
There are no longer games to play,
No good-night kiss, no prayers to hear....
That all belongs to yesteryear.

My hands, once busy, now are still.
The days are long and hard to fill.
I wish I could go back and do
The little things you asked me to.

-- Unknown
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If you want your children to turn out well,
Give them Twice the Time and Half the money. 
-- Anon.

The best inheritance parents can give their children 
are a few minutes of their time each day. 
-- O. A. Battista 

If children are to find their way to God,
parents must point the way. 
-- Anon.
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"Train up a child in the way he should go, 
and when he is old he will not depart from it."
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