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View MyGuestbook Sign My Guestbook 21-Nov-2002	As a very strong advocate for thinking of children as little people and for respecting them as human beings, I offer you this prayer. A PRAYER FOR THE CHILDREN We pray for the Children who sneak Popsicles before supper, who erase holes in math workbooks, who can never find their shoes. And we pray for those who stare at photographers from behind barbed wire, who can't bound down the street in a new pair of sneakers, who never "counted potatoes," who are born in places where we wouldn't be caught dead, who never go to the circus, who live in an X-rated world. We pray for children who bring us sticky kisses and fistfuls of dandelions, who hug us in a hurry and forget their lunch money. And we pray for those who never get dessert, who have no safe blanket to drag behind them, who watch their parents watch them die, who can't find any bread to steal, who don't have any rooms to clean up, whose pictures aren't on anybody's dresser, whose monsters are real. We pray for children who spend all their allowance before Tuesday, who throw tantrums in the grocery store and pick at their food, who like ghost stories, who shove dirty clothes under the bed, who never rinse out the tub, who get visits from the tooth fairy, who don't like to be kissed in front of the carpool, who squirm in church and scream in the phone, whose tears we sometimes laugh at and whose smiles can make us cry. And we pray for those whose nightmares come in the daytime, who will eat anything, who have never seen a dentist, who aren't spoiled by anybody, who go to bed hungry and cry themselves to sleep, who live and move, but have no being. We pray for children who want to be carried and for those who must, who we never give up on and for those who don't get a second chance. For those we smother and . . . for those who will grab the hand of anybody kind enough to offer it. Author Unknown I ask that people remember that children are not objects or properties to control. They have feelings and thoughts just like us. Why not treat them the same way you wanted to be treated as a child. If someone caused you pain, why pass that pain to the child you love? People often refer to parenthood as a tough job. Speaking from experience, parenthood is the most important job I have had in my life and even though there were times when I would have sworn that one of my teenage daughter's head spun around and pea soup came out of her mouth, I never thought of her as a burden nor did I dread raising her. Please enjoy the little people while they are little. I have often wished I could relive the times that my daughters were toddlers but I can't. I can only admire them as good women. Accept them, Protect them http://www.famucon.com/pp/pp_love.html http://www.chabadonline.com/scripts/tgij/paper/chabad_org.asp?ArticleID=2837 2001-2002 Copyright © by WebGoddess1 Designs  Send mail to webgoddess1 with questions or comments about this website.

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