Boy of My Heart

This is a poem that meant a lot to me when Kellen was a baby.

Hail, handsome fellow, dear Boy of My Heart!
I've loved you each moment, right from the start.
How God ever found me, I will never know.
He sent you, sweet angel, from Heaven to grow
big from a little one into a great man--
to live life as your hero, I'll try hard as I can.
You now are so gentle, so soft and so small,
each day makes a memory...I treasure them all.
Sweet arms wrap around me, sweet hands hold mine tight,
I cherish your face from morning through night.
O darling, my boy, my hero, my son,
it is I who am learning from such a wise one.
Come snuggle your head in the curve of my neck
while I ask God to watch you, to keep and protect
my baby from harm, from shadows and fears,
for you are my sunshine, my joy through the years.
"I thank you God kindly for giving to me
this beautiful boy, I'm as blessed as can be."

by Deborah Lindsey O'Toole