PLEASE DON'T CRY--Aimee & everyone says my poems make them cry! Sorry! Well, at least they evoke some sort of emotion--leaving you glad, sad or mad! Here's something that I hope isn't too sad, but more encouraging.

PRAYER FOR MY KIDS & GRANDKIDS

Please take them down their

path of life

Please hold their hands

And be their light

And let them know--

You're by their side.

Please sing to them

when they're tired

Please lift them up

when they fall

Please comfort them

when they don't know

how to go on

Please do for them

what I cannot do--

Please see them through.

Please help them to

help another somehow

Help them to look to You

even thru the clouds

Help them see your face

no matter what,

thru the fog

and day to day.

Help them to remember

Your sweet words

No matter what they hear.

May they feel encouragement,

see Your smile

Know Your love,

even if unclear while,

May they reach for You

in their darkest night

May You be their light--

May everything for them--

be alright.

I cannot stay now by their side

But I know that You will be

their guide

I know that You will be

their friend

You'll never leave them--

World without end.

6/26/01