As we peer through the window to a future yet unknown,
I wonder what life will be like when you are fully grown.
I worry where you'll be, what you'll see, things you must do...
For all life's many lessons I know you must go through.

As I hold you in my arms tight against my breast...
I wonder if I can help you go through every test.
So tiny and so trusting ~ so new to this life I know...
There will come a time when you must leave and I can't go.

If we could see the future I would pave the way
So your path would be so easy each and every day...
Yet, for you to grow strong you must do things on your own
Times when life will challenge ... tests when you're alone.

But know, dear child, I love you ~ you're always in my heart,
My spirit shall be with you even when we are apart.
A piece of me goes with you no matter where you roam
You will always have a place here, a place you can call home.