~ To My Children ~

Where have all the years gone,
How did I let them slip by me?
I thought I had all the time in the world
But why didn't I see?

My son has grown to be a man,
My daughter has become a wife,
But it seems like only yesterday,
It was I who was planning their life.

I blew their little noses
I kissed away their tears,
I told them bedtime stories -
What happened to all those years?

You have your children around you,
And you turn to other things as they play,
But don't turn around for too long
Or they'll be grown up and on their way.

You will have missed the homemade airplanes
And the smudgy Valentines,
There will be nothing left of their childhood,
How you'll miss "Will you be mine?"

For there's nothing any dearer
Than a little hand holding tight
Or standing there waving
As you're driving out of sight.

But soon you'll be standing waving
As they go on their way,
To live their lives the way they want,
Leaving behind memories of yesterday.

Oh, where have all the years gone?
What happened to those babies of mine?
I turned around a moment too long
And now they've crossed the grownup line.

~Ruth Ann Mahaffey~

Thank you Ruth Ann for advising me that you are the 
author of this wonderful poem.

Please visit Ruth Ann's website to read more of her wonderful poetry

http://ruthann1.com/index.html

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