my friend put this on her blog and it is just beautiful i had to steal it so many times we take these sweet spirits for granted and don't realize what a blessing we have by having them in our homes. Make sure and give your kids a extra squeeze every time you see them.

Just A Whisper
-- by Pam Clark

A spirit child was waiting
For his chance to come to earth
"I wonder who I'll go to
And what will be my worth?

Will I go to some young fam'ly
Who will love and hold me dear
Or will I go to one instead
With just a mother there?

Will I go to some with privilege?
Or to someplace that is poor
Will my parents see and love me
Or wish me there no more?"

As he saw the Father coming
He knew his time was night
"Come here and see the family
That you'll be with by and by."

He looked upon the family
And much to his delight
The family was so wonderful
Their home was full of light.

There was a brother and a sister
With a mother AND a dad
There was laughter, there was sunshine
And the gospel there was had

He was oh so very happy
As he looked to Father's face
And saw that there was something
That made him hesitate.

"This family is so wonderful!
Why do you look so sad?
It is more than I imagined
With both a mother and a dad!"

"Yes, the family here is wonderful!
His Father said it softer
"But the time that you will spend with them
Will be but just a whisper."

The child stood and thought awhile
Then he looked to Father's face
And as a tear rolled down his cheek
He understood His loving grace.

"If my time is just a whisper
Thank you Father, oh so much
For giving me a family
Whose hearts and souls I'll touch."

"I will not be forgotten;
But you know that didn't you,
I'll be loved and looked upon
Remembered through and through."

"Of all the gifts you've given me
This one is the best
I WILL be loved, the only thing
I want above the rest."

Upon his face a smile had come
"You must hurry little one
The time to go is now my child
Before the setting sun."

A mother's heart was sad that day
As she held her babe so small
Her husband dear and children there
To hold him, one and all.

"How can I give him back so soon
He's been here just a whisper
I had so many plans for him
Things to help him here discover."

I would teach him love of God
And play with him and then
Rock him gently back and forth
If his heart I had to mend.

I've tried my best, I really have
To do all the things you've said.
I want to sing him lullabies
As I tuck him into bed."

Then the Father gently said to her,
"You do not understand,
I know that you would love him
And always hold his hand."

"And because you are so Valiant
This is my gift to you
You have given me your very best
-----So I gave my best to you!"