I gave my son a hug last night, which in our own way
Describes a feeling of love between us.
When I say “I love you” to him, there is no faith lost in those words.
I say them with an honest heart, and a belief in everything we are.
When he says “I love you” to me, he says so with childlike innocence.
They are not words to him, they are fundamental expressions of who he is.
Every time I hug him, every time he smiles at me,
the moment is perfect.
Even when we have lost something important.
The seconds we share are not forgotten,
they are not discarded or left unfound,
they simply become part of the feelings three words embrace.
I search for this, if not to teach my son to care,
but to be a better person than I can ever hope to be.
To learn from my faults, so that they are not his.
I care for him to love, without desire or expectation,
to peacefully explore life with his youthful nature,
and to keep his innonence when he says “I love you”
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~May all of our children have a wonderful 2007
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Love doesn’t get any better than that. This poem is an awesome gift, to your child and to the world. Thanks for sharing.
C
March 26th, 2007