Just Flowers
How much longer little man
will you kiss me goodnight?
How many more small bouquets
from your hand as well as your heart?
How much longer can I claim
you as my little boy?
How much time before I have to
share that heart of yours?
How much longer do I have to
hold my breath before I let you go
to become the man you are
destined to be?
My son surprised me yesterday afternoon, while out doing yard work with his Father he stopped to collect a small bouquet from our yard for me. A pale daffodil, a small spray of clover and a wonderful dandelion! It made me wonder just how much longer I would have hold of my sons heart, it made remember the small child smudged with mud and impishly smiling as he extended a plump little hand filled with his first bouquet of weeds for his much loved Momma. All those wonderful memories came flooding back to me as fast as the tears swelled in my eyes. Jimmy was a little puzzled to the tears and said, "Mom, they're just flowers!" and I said, "Your right they are just flowers."
As he ran off to finish helping his Dad in the yard........words and memories filled my head again and this is what came from 'Just Flowers'
6 comments:
make my eyes tear up...lol...sniff sniff...
Awwwwwwwwww..... <sniffle>
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You make me miss my little boy - you can't recapture the years and when you are living through them they fly so fast like dew on a dragonfly's wing....give him another hug for me....Sandi
as i read your entry i couldn't stop the tears my baby is now 22 and it only seems like yesterday that he was still small enough to do things like that and not be ashamed to kiss and hug mom in public..... i sure miss those days, savor them while the last.....
felicia
made me cry too
Marti
As I read your entry, I fondly recalled the days that my son did those very things....not quite a man...but no longer my little boy.......(well at least I let him think it...LOL) I truly enjoyed reading your entry...enjoy every minute as it passes all to quickly.
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