The Price of Children

 How do you measure the price of a child

Precious and humble, tender and mild

Full of amazement at each new day

Waiting for us to show them the way

Eyes all aglow, little minds churning

Listen carefully to what they are learning

Teach them the way that they should go

And pray each day that the time will go slow

Growing so quickly, time flying by

We tuck them in and give a small sigh

Each day we search, looking deep in their eyes

You know with a child there is no disguise

They pay close attention to our daily life

Our prayer for them is a life without strife

We know what they face with each new day

Then we pray for God to show them the way

There is no amount of money to measure

That could ever pay for this beautiful treasure

 

© Ann Joyce ~ September 19, 2009