A Wish For Our Children
On this doorstep I stand year after year and watch you leaving,
and think: May you not skin your knees,
may you not catch your fingers in car doors.
May your hearts not break.
May tide and weather wait for your coming
and may you grow strong to break all the webs of my weaving.
Evangeline Paterson
20th Century
9 comments:
Sian- Such a wonderful age to be. May she have the best birthday ever.
Ouch! Yes, no fingers in car doors! I remember all to well how painful that was....YIKES!!
Happy Birthday Miss Rose!
Yes, all those things (even the last, I suppose!) and a happy birthday, too, for your Rose.
That's beautiful. I don't know that I'm able to want them to "break all the webs of my weaving" but I know I should want that.
Happy happy happy to you all.
That's beautiful, and Happy Birthday to Rose :)
Kim x
belated birthday wishes to Rose
Love and hugs Gina xxx
may (her) heart not break.
hope she had a wonderful birthday.
What a beautiful wish for Rose...a very happy birthday to her!
How absolutely beautiful... Happy B-Day, Rose!
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