The Watch

I stand and watch as my children grow...
Trials of life to be faced only a mother can know.

First, they cried and crawled and cooed.
Now, they walk and whisper secrets I already knew.

So many of life's duties, dear to me.
Reaching toward their final destiny.

I stand and watch as my children grow...
Trials of life, I have faced so many years ago.

By my mistakes, have they learned?
A good and happy life have they earned?

Take life as it comes, my grandma said.
Forever more, love's tears will be shed.

I stood and watched as my children grew...
Oh, how my grandma's words rang true.

note: all my children are grown and have children
of their own. And now I humbly watch as all my
grandchildren grow!

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of
thine house: thy children like olive plants round
about thy table." (Psalm 1128:3) KJV