One day as I was picking
the toys up off the floor,
I noticed small handprints
on the wall beside the floor.
I knew that it was something
that I'd seen most every day,
but this time when I saw it there
I wanted it to stay.
Then tears welled up inside my eyes,
I knew it wouldn't last;
For every mother knows,
her children grow up fast.
I put my chores aside
and held my children tight.
I sang to them sweet lullabies
and rocked into the night.
Sometimes we take for granted
all those things that seem so small.
Like one of God's great treasures.....
small handprints on the wall.
