I bought this vellum poem at my LSS sometime last week and thought I would share it with you all. The company is Quick Quotes.
My Daughter's Hand
I took my daughter by the hand ... We raced to greet the sun ... I didn't sweep the steps today, But I remembered how to run.
We traced the fenceline to the pond And watched the polliwogs ... Now she knows how tadpoles Turn into hoppy frogs.
She reached her hands up to the sky, A swallow fluttered by ... She flapped her tiny wings ... So sure that she could fly.
I didn't was the dishes ... My bed, it went unmade. But we saw some Easter Lilies And we danced and sang and played.
She watched a pretty butterfly Emerge from its cocoon ... My daughter's changing also And growing all too soon.
You see, she is the butterfly ... A vibrant summer rose ... Her youth is such a fleeting thing, Just like the wind that blows.
I didn't do the laundry ... I didn't sweep the floor, Because my little girl needs me ... To Wander ... Dream ... Explore.
I didn't clean the house today ... I didn't sweep the stairs; In twenty years, no one will know or even care.
But I have helped my little girl To a gracious woman grow, In twenty years, the whole wide world Will turn their heads and see, and know.
Patsy Gaut
Tabitha FL