They come into our lives with joy,
It may be a girl, it may be a boy,
But each one is part of us,
Part of us for all our lives.
From their birth,
Through their childhood,
Into adolescence,
To adulthood,
We are there for them,
As we can give them a gift,
The most important gift we have,
We give them time.
They fly the nest
Into a world of their own
We are still there for them
But then it happens
That day comes
That day when they ask,
Ask what they can do for us,
What they can give us,
And once more that gift is within them,
The most important gift they have,
They can give us time.