I am amazed that

I own the stars  --

I own the blue of the sky  --

I own the vast blue water

Spread across this earthen ball  --

I own the colors in the bouquet  --

I own the smell of rain

As it sprinkles across the soil  --

I own the laughter of a baby  --

I own the joy grasped by the heart

When the greeting card is read  --

I own the smell of my little girl’s hair

After her bath in the eve  --

I own the swelling of laughter

In my soul with

The truth told in humorous tone  --

I own the shine of the moon  --

I own the sparkle of the stars  --

I own the funniest story

I have ever heard  --

I own the words in my favorite book  --

I own the health granted to me

Moment to moment by God  --

I own the blessing of knowing that one day

I will have a birthday with the light of the stars

As the candles on my cake

There to see my Mom and Dad

And share eternity

With my Heavenly Father and angels

I have never met who were here

In this world with me

Before I knew their names  --

And I always remember

That I am heir only to that

Which my Holy Father

Decides He will give to me  --

And in that knowledge I glory in the fact

That My Father truly does unconditionally

Love me…

By Juanita Pittman-Brown   2008

“Rich is a condition of the heart…” JPB