Now and Then

My children are sweet.
They are my delight.
Sometimes they play well.
Sometimes they fight.
Each one has gifts,
So precious to me.
I smile when I think,
What someday they’ll be.

When babies so cute,
All round and bold.
They are my babies.
No matter how old.
Now they are growing,
Like weeds, oh dear.
No matter what I do,
Time goes faster each year.

I enjoy each day,
When in the morning they rise,
Tho they sometimes are grouchy.
And wipe sleep from their eyes,
They still find their way,
To my loving arms,
And know how to woo me,
With their boyish charms.

Two children so different.
They turned out to be
One loves to be held.
One wants to be free,
I love them both.
And their own special ways,
Because I'm their Mom.
For the rest of my days.

I know how you feel.
Mommy so dear.
Mine are all grown.
And don’t live very near.
I miss them so much,
As time flies so fast.
What now is present,
Too soon becomes past.

So hold them and love them.
As you now do.
Cause before you know it,
They all leave you.
Those moments are precious.
And way too few.
All I can tell you,
Is if only you knew.

Too soon time passes,
And as parents we’re done,
Bad times fade,
As we remember the fun.
They are still ours,
Even though now grown.
And we see the results,
Of what we had sown.

So remember Mommy,
What it’s like at that age.
Use that to help them.
Through a difficult stage.
So when they leave you,
It won’t be so bad.
I love it myself,
See I’m a granddad.