If You Know Anyone Who Is A Parent, You Owe It To Them To Have Them Read This Poem
By Dreamer
When you’re a parent, life seems to be a never-ending cycle of waking up and doing the same things over and over again. Most of the time you feel unappreciated and tired. Caring for children can be an endless grind that wears you down day after day. But if you step back from the daily experience, you can gain some perspective and remember the beauty and joy of being a parent.
The sad truth is that there will be a day when your children won’t need you anymore. They’ll go off to college, move out of their childhood bedrooms, and eventually get married and start families of their own. If your children are still young, this may seem so far off in the future. But take it from me, the day will come much sooner than you can imagine.
Below we’re including the poem “The Last Time” to help remind you about all the joys of parenthood. If you or someone you know is going through a tough spot right now or just needs a bit of perspective, this touching poem can make the difference…
The Last Time
From the moment you hold your baby in your arms,
You will never be the same.
You might long for the person you were before,
When you had freedom and time,
And nothing in particular to worry about.
You will know tiredness like you never knew it before,
And days will run into days that are exactly the same,
Full of feeding and burping,
Whining and fighting,
Naps, or lack of naps. It might seem like a never-ending cycle.
But don’t forget…
There is a last time for everything.
There will come a time when you will feed your baby
for the very last time.
They will fall asleep on you after a long day
And it will be the last time you ever hold your sleeping child.
One day you will carry them on your hip,
then set them down,
And never pick them up that way again.
You will scrub their hair in the bath one night
And from that day on they will want to bathe alone.
They will hold your hand to cross the road,
Then never reach for it again.
They will creep into your room at midnight for cuddles,
And it will be the last night you ever wake for this.
One afternoon you will sing ‘the wheels on the bus’
and do all the actions,
Then you’ll never sing that song again.
They will kiss you goodbye at the school gate,
the next day they will ask to walk to the gate alone.
You will read a final bedtime story and wipe your
last dirty face.
They will one day run to you with arms raised,
for the very last time.
The thing is, you won’t even know it’s the last time
until there are no more times, and even then,
it will take you a while to realize.
So while you are living in these times,
remember there are only so many of them and
when they are gone,
you will yearn for just one more day of them
For one last time.
While the author of this poem is anonymous, the sentiment touches all our hearts.
Please PASS THIS POEM ONTO A PARENT YOU KNOW today!
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