Today is Monday, January 5th, 2009; Karen's Korner #1481
A letter written for new parents/grandparents coming up in 2009; taken from "A Cup of Chicken Soup for the Soul":
From the Heart of a Joyous Child
Dear Mommy and Daddy,
I write this letter to you in hopes that you will consider your approach to
parenting me before I arrive.
I am a joyous child.
I thrive on love and respect, order, and consistency.
When I arrive, I will seem very small to you.
Even though I don't look like an adult,
please understand that I am a human being.
Even though I will not speak words to you,
I will know you with my heart.
I will feel all your feelings,
absorb your thoughts.
I will come to know you more than you may know yourself.
Do not be misled by my silence.
I am open, growing and learning more rapidly than you can imagine.
I will make imprints of all that I see, so please give me beauty to rest my eyes upon.
I will record all that I hear,
so please give me sweet music and language that tells me how much I am loved.
Give me silence to rest my ears.
I will absorb all that I feel, so please wrap our life in love.
I am waiting patiently to be with you.
I am so happy to have the opportunity to be alive.
Maybe when you see me you will remember how precious life is too!
~~ Your joyous child
Written by Donna McDermott
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