References

To My Child

Path to the Unknown

By Janaia McQuaig c 2008

I will grow for you, I will change for you; take the path that leads to the unknown.

I will learn for you, and pray for you, with my love in your heart you will never be alone.

I will say good-bye to you in many different ways, together we will learn to let go.

I will smile for you and wipe my tears away, I will cry for you and let my feelings show.

Once I held you close, and it was only my love that you knew,

Now you are free to love, and to allow others to love you too.

I will be there to encourage you and cheer you from the side,

I will be here waiting to welcome you, listen to you and guide.

I will shine for you so that you have light when darkness seems to loom,

For I have loved you, little one, even before I felt you in my womb.

Though at times it may seem that only anger I do show,

I am oh so proud of you, and hope that this you will always know.

I will fail for you so that you will see that in time we all do heal,

And that falling down and stumbling is part of what makes us real.

I want you to understand that it's really o.k. to cry,

It's o.k. to hurt and o.k. to wonder why.

I will laugh for you and dance for you so that you learn to make the most of each day.

I will sing for you and read to you, I will show you how to pray.

I will love for you so that you may have a love in your life too,

I will give and take, forgive and forget; learn to start anew.

I see in your eyes, feelings, you try so hard not to show.

I have learned from you, my little child, more than you could ever know.

You are a gift to this world and I am thankful, that God has chosen me,

To be the one to carry you, hold onto you and eventually set you free.

I know I am doing right when I see you follow your dreams,

When you tell me about the beautiful sky, the mountains, ocean and streams.

When I see you hold your sister's hand and offer kindness to those unknown,

You try so hard to do what's right, may you one day harvest all that you have sewn.

It has been written that there is a time for everything under the sun,

I can only pray that the world I leave you is a little better that when my job begun.

And in the end I hope, that one day you will see,

That I have grown for you, I have changed for you, taken the path to the unknown,

Only to be the best mom I can be.