We pray for children
who spend all their allowance before Tuesday,
who throw tantrums in the grocery store
who 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
To help children who are desperately in need, and whose
nightmares truly come in the daytime, please visit my
Retreat Into Reality and consider
helping the children of Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
Thank you.
Rick Luquette
