Maria Esther

Maria Esther   3-29-94

 

Sweet little baby, we’re so glad she’s here;

She’s soft and cuddly, and ever so dear!

 

Innocent and helpless, this infant so small,

Demands your love, your time, your all.

 

But babies stay babies a very short while;

She’ll learn, e’er you know it, just how to beguile

 

Father and mother and grandparents, too;

And you will wonder whatever to do

 

When a beseeching smile on a cute little face

Of your stern resolve removes every trace!

 

Just love her, and love her, and love her some more;

After all:  LITTLE GIRLS!--That’s what they’re for!

I wrote this poem when baby Maria was born, never dreaming she would one day be my sweet daughter-in-law, wife of my dear son Caleb.  She just had her 21st birthday.