Through the eyes of a parent. You are the life that was born within me. And today, you have grown, and you have been achieving things that I never dreamed of achieving myself. Nothing can explain the joy that I have in my heart, How proud I am of you! I did not offer you the best life you could have had, but look at what you have become today... My eyes rain tears, not tears of sadness, but of great joy. There is one thing that I ask, is that you would never forget me, Let them take tomorrow, but never yesterday. and when I am gone, Please remember me by keeping the old rocking chair, that one that was there since you shed your first tear, that one that you played and pretended was a pirate ship, that one that you dreamed of being rescued by a prince. that one that you sat quietly reading your favorite novel, that one that I sat as your children raced to sit on my lap. that one that I last laid my white strands of hair, where my tired eyes can finally sleep. ** theres no meaning to this... just randomly putting myself in an old parents' shoes | 