Precious Child

You awaited my coming
counting down the days
putting in the crib
for the delivery day
but something happend
that you didn’t understand
and the worry arose
that you’d never hold me in your hands

we might die
or so the doctors said
and in the midst of all this terror
did you lose your head?
                Never

scared for mom and me
you got down on bended knee
prayed to God
with folded hands
praying
                please keep them in your master plan
                keep Liz and Rebecca safe from harm
                let me hold my daughter in these arms

when you finally held me in your strong arms
thanking God that he kept us safe from harm
you realized
quite suddenly
that Rebecca
                the name you had prayed
was not the name you’d planed
a name you decided God gave me
my name would forever be