Posted by Karen on October 28, 2000 at 01:45:34:
In Reply to: Infants handprint poem posted by Amanda Farrer on October 27, 2000 at 21:37:09:
Sometimes you get discouraged
Because I am so small
And always leave my fingerprints
On furniture and walls
But every day I'm growing -
I'll be grown some day
And all those tiny handprints
Will surely fade away
So here's a little handprint
Just so you can recall
Exactly how my fingers looked
When I was very small
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Tiny Handprints Poem
Tiny handprints grow so fast
Their awkward groping soon will grasp
A ball, a book, a sweetheart's hand
A diploma, briefcase, wedding band
Tiny handprints grow so strong
It doesn't take them very long
To snap a shirt, to paint, to draw
To labor hard, to drive a car
Tiny handprints grow to be, A person that is quite unique
A wonderful mix of so many things
With his own feelings, thoughts and dreams
Tiny handprints grow to rely
On his parents to bring him up just right
His parents pray that when he's grown
He'll say their job has been well done
Tiny handprints are ours to love
The sweetest gift from God above
A miracle that never is surpassed
How sad they grow up way to fast
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This isn't just a valentine
As you can plainly see
It is of course my handprint
Which is a part of me
It's bigger than the last one
Smaller than the next will be
Given to you with lots of love
From sweet and precious me
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Here is my handprint for you to keep,
So that when I grow BIG and TALL,
You'll always be able to look back and see,
How I once was very small.