Guest guest Posted July 1, 2000 Report Share Posted July 1, 2000 > >We pray for the children who sneak Popsicles before supper, >who erase holes in math workbooks,who can never find their shoes. >And we pray for those who stare at photographers from behind barbed wire, >who can't bound down the street in a new pair of sneakers, who never > " counted potatoes, " who are born in places where we wouldn't be caught >dead, who never go to the circus, who live in an X-rated world. > >We pray for children who bring us sticky kisses and fistfuls of dandelions, >who hug us in a hurry and forget their >lunch money. > > >And we pray for those who never get dessert, who have no safe blanket to >drag behind them, who watch their >parents watch them die, who can't find any bread to steal, who don't have >any rooms to clean up, >whose pictures aren't on anybody's dresser, whose monsters are real. > >We pray for children who spend all their allowance before Tuesday, who >throw tantrums in the grocery store and pick at their food, who like ghost >stories, who shove dirty clothes under the bed, who never rinse out >the tub, who get visits from the tooth fairy, who don't like to be kissed >in front of the carpool, who squirm in church and scream in the phone, >whose tears we sometimes laugh at and whose smiles can make us cry. > >And we pray for those whose nightmares come in the daytime, who will eat >anything, who have never seen a dentist, who aren't spoiled by anybody, who >go to bed hungry and cry themselves to sleep, who live and move, but have >no being. > >We pray for children who want to be carried and for those who must, who we >never give up on and for those who don't get a second chance. For those we >smother and . . . for those who will grab the hand of anybody >kind enough to offer it. > >In Memory of........ > , student age 12 >Paige Ann Herring, student age 12 > , student age 12 >Brittany R. Varner, student age 11 > , Teacher age 32 >This is in memory of the children and teacher killed in the shooting on >Tuesday, March 24, 1998 in boro, Arkansas. You don't have to, but we >ask that you please send this to everyone you know. If this gets >to the town of boro, I'm sure they will be grateful to know that we >all care. And because we care, I ask that you stop and say a prayer for >children all over the world. No matter where or who they are: they are our >future and one of God's greatest gifts! > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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