This poem is dedicated to my son who taught me how to let go.
Sometimes I wish you were little again but I know you have your own life to live.
I Love You!Love Requires Letting GoTiny hands and tiny feet I watch them as they grow.
Knowing all too well the time will come when I must let you go.
I watch each new step of independence you take with great pride.
Yet, a part of me also feels a sadness deep down inside.
I watch you as you toddle about on unsteady feet.
Knowing all too well you have a certain timetable to meet.
Wishing deep down inside there was a way that I could keep you small.
Yet. I cannot deny you the chance to sometimes on your own stumble and fall.
Tiny hands and tiny feet I watch them as they grow.
Knowing all too well the time will come when I must let you go.
Love requires I give you the freedom of your own life to live.
My child this Love is the greatest gift to you I can give.
No matter where you go or what you do my love to you I always freely give.
A LOVE that will remain even after one of us ceases to live. 
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