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Hug Your Children Tight Tonight

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Hug Your Children Tight Tonight

Hug your children 
Tight tonight
Let them know you care
For could be come
A day too soon
When they no longer
Might be there
They can slip away
In the blink of an eye
Like smoke into the air
I speak as one who often cries
At night for one not there
So hug your children 
Tight tonight
Caress their face and hair
Don’t lose yours…
As I did mine

…Let them know you care…

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raskin bobbins

Date: 12/15/2012 7:53:00 AM

An unbelievably sad event. I thought of how I tell my kids I love them as they walk out the door to go to school. The thought of what those parents are going through is almost too much to bear. You did well with this poem, David.

David Whalen

Date: 12/15/2012 2:07:00 PM

Thanks Raz, these parents have joined an elite group of which my wife and I have been members of for many years. It's a club you don't want to join, but fate can dictate otherwise. So say "I love you, " like you really mean it every time they go out the door.