The Best Gift We Can Give...

We won’t find it on their wish-list

They don’t ask for it by name

But as we shop this Christmas

We should remember it

All the same

It doesn’t look very fancy

It’s not expensive, and yet

It can be the most important thing

That all too often

We forget

Because it’s never on their wish-list

We can’t find it on a shelf

But this gift is so precious

Both for our child

And for our self

It’s nice to wrap their presents

To see them dance and smile

But Things are soon forgotten

Their pleasure lasts

But a little while

Beneath the shiny paper

Are toys and treats, books and blocks

But the thing they’ll most remember

Is something we can’t

Fit in a box

It’s a most special present

They’ll remember as long as they live

For to give them our Time

Lots and lots of our Time

Is the most priceless gift

We can ever give

© Janet Martin