To the Individuals Who Created Our Children,
Thank you for creating two beautiful children, each perfect
in their own way.
Thank you for being too young and too immature to handle the challenges of raising those children.
Thank you for not being there when your oldest child was frightened and hurting.
Thank you for not being there when he needed a mother or father to hold his little hand, sooth his little brow and tell him things would be alright.
Thank you for missing his first birthday…and his second…and his third.
Thank you for not seeing his excitement on Christmas...or Easter...or Halloween.
Thank you for being so selfish, that you couldn’t stop using drugs even on the day of your next child’s birth.
Thank you for not being around when her eyes began to focus.
Thank you for missing her first smile and her first laugh.
Thank you for not being there when she discovered she had fingers and toes.
Thank you for missing the first steps both children took.
Thank you for missing their first words.
Thank you for missing their first experiences at a park, at a parade, at meeting Santa.
Thank you for missing their first delighted looks when they heard music, when they danced.
Thank you for being too young and too immature to handle the challenges of raising those children.
Thank you for not being there when your oldest child was frightened and hurting.
Thank you for not being there when he needed a mother or father to hold his little hand, sooth his little brow and tell him things would be alright.
Thank you for missing his first birthday…and his second…and his third.
Thank you for not seeing his excitement on Christmas...or Easter...or Halloween.
Thank you for being so selfish, that you couldn’t stop using drugs even on the day of your next child’s birth.
Thank you for not being around when her eyes began to focus.
Thank you for missing her first smile and her first laugh.
Thank you for not being there when she discovered she had fingers and toes.
Thank you for missing the first steps both children took.
Thank you for missing their first words.
Thank you for missing their first experiences at a park, at a parade, at meeting Santa.
Thank you for missing their first delighted looks when they heard music, when they danced.
Thank you for missing their first giggles when a kitty purred for them, or a puppy licked their faces.
Thank you for letting us be the ones they first called “Mommy” and “Daddy”.
Thank you for letting us be the ones that got to comfort them after nightmares.
Thank you for letting us be the ones to dry the tears from their little faces.
Thank you for letting us be the ones to hold their little hands as they led us to something they wanted to show us.
Thank you for letting us be the ones who got to introduce them to the wonders of music, art, reading, nature and life in general.
Thank you for not being able to pull it together, even for the sake of these two fabulous beings you placed on this earth.
Thank you for being too selfish and caught up in your own lives that you couldn’t take the time to become parents.
And most importantly, Thank you for doing one smart thing in your lives and signing those children over to us, even though your reasons were purely selfish and not out of total regard to the well being of those children.
Thank you for letting us be the ones they first called “Mommy” and “Daddy”.
Thank you for letting us be the ones that got to comfort them after nightmares.
Thank you for letting us be the ones to dry the tears from their little faces.
Thank you for letting us be the ones to hold their little hands as they led us to something they wanted to show us.
Thank you for letting us be the ones who got to introduce them to the wonders of music, art, reading, nature and life in general.
Thank you for not being able to pull it together, even for the sake of these two fabulous beings you placed on this earth.
Thank you for being too selfish and caught up in your own lives that you couldn’t take the time to become parents.
And most importantly, Thank you for doing one smart thing in your lives and signing those children over to us, even though your reasons were purely selfish and not out of total regard to the well being of those children.
My one wish for you both is that in time, you are able to
know the joy of what you have given away.
My other wish is that you truly learn to realize what you have lost, but I thank you for what you have given us.
My other wish is that you truly learn to realize what you have lost, but I thank you for what you have given us.
Signed,
A Grateful Recipient
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