Is There Anything More Precious?

Is there anything more precious
Than those first coos and goos
Those ten tiny toes
Before they can wear shoes?

Is there anything more precious
Than those tiny peals of laughter
So much like tinkling bells
I’ll remember forever after?

Is there anything more precious
Then that unspoken look of trust
So deep they see right thru you
And care for them you must?

Can anyone imagine
something silkier than
The soft downy fuzz upon that little neck
For this – a million miles
You’d trek

Or something warmer than
a baby’s breath upon my check?

Your grasp so sure and firm
The day you found your mouth
That sweet sucking sound
As you fed about the breast

Those silvery tiny lashes
The brows furrowed in wonder

Your tiny hand upon my neck
so fragile; so content
Asleep in granny’s arm
Now permanently bent

Lord, I’d no idea
What a gift you had in store
Once mine passed thru the rapids
(of the teen age years)
And landed safely ashore
And married and had babies
For me to now adore.

Some laugh and say the wonder
Is to send them home at night
But oh how much I miss them
Once they’re out of sight

Lord I’d no idea
What a precious treasure was
Take anything you want from me
Save these tiny few
Is they anything more precious
Then their face when they were new?

And now he comes bouncing in
With yet another question tonight
His preface?
Grandma, you know everything, right?

No.
But I do know that I love you - more than anything!