To my children...

     When I spill some food on my
nice clean dress
     Or maybe forget to tie my shoe,
     Please be patient and perhaps
reminisce
     About the many hours I spent
with you.
     When I taught you how to eat
with care,
     Plus tying laces and your
numbers, too,
     Dressing yourself and combing
your hair,
     Those were precious hours spent
with you.
     So when I forget what I was
about to say,
     Just give me a minute - or maybe
two.
     It probably wasn’t important
anyway.
     And I would much rather listen
just to you.
     If I tell the story one more time,
     And you know the ending
through and through,
     Please remember your first
nursery rhyme
     When I rehearsed it a hundred
times with you.
     When my legs are tired and it’s
hard to stand
     Or walk the steady pace that I
would like to do
     Please take me carefully by my
hand,
     And guide me now as I so often
did for you.
~~~Author Unknown