A Valentine for my Grandson

If I had held you in my arms
and tried to soothe your cries
when you were but a babe
a few days old...

If I had held onto your hands
and helped you learn to walk
when you were stumbling but
so very bold...

If I had helped you choose and place
that first crayon to paper,
watching as you drew
that first bright hue...

If I had hugged you close and tight
when first you scraped your knee
and kissed it better as
some grandmas do...,

Would any of these precious things
make you more my very own
or more the son my son
would call his child?

No, God decided long ago
which family you would honor...
and guess who headed the list
that He compiled!

He could not have made a finer
boy to be my only grandson
the one to whom I give
my love replete.

He blessed us with your mother
and He blessed us with her son
for without you both we'd be
so incomplete!