To Mom and Dad

I hope I haven't already posted this one.

Love

Love is 

   taking your little girl

   to the circus 

   when her brother is born

   so she'll know she's still important.

Love is

   wanting to walk 

   to school with your daughter

   even though she thinks

   she's old enough to walk alone.

Love is

   telling your daughter

   about sex

   and answering the hard questions

   even when you feel uncomfortable.

Love is

   letting your daughter

   stand on the sidelines

   sit in the dugout

   and drive your car.

Love is

   getting up early

   in the freezing dawn

   to meet your daughter

   for a morning swim.

Love is

   driving down Baja

   and leaving your daughter

   to live and work

   in a foreign land.

Love is

   trusting your daughter

   to choose the right man

   even when her choice

   seems unusual.

Love is

   crying with your daughter 

   when she tries 

   to start her own family

   and fails.

Love is

   opening a financial path

   to adoption for your daughter

   so she too

   can love her daughter.

Thanks Mom and Dad. I love you back.