The following was written by a little girl in pencil on lined notebook paper. It had been framed and was sitting on her mother's nightstand when she found it some 40 years later. It's rather silly and somewhat corny, but that's because I am the one who wrote it. I'm posting it because it reminds me how much I really do love and need my family. That no matter how hard I have tried to push them away, they were always there for me... even when I wasn't there for them.
My Family
I have a family who knows when I'm sad,
And helps when I need it without getting mad.
And when I am angry they don't get upset,
But comfort and talk to me and help me forget.
They are there when I need them but will leave when I say.
And I hope that they know they are never in my way.
Not diamonds, not pearls, nor silver or gold,
Could ever replace the love that they hold.
And I hope there are more with a family as kind,
A family they love, a family like mine.
