From <@tcuavm.is.tcu.edu:owner-scouts-l@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU> Tue Mar 31 14:20:43 1998 Return-Path: <@tcuavm.is.tcu.edu:owner-scouts-l@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU> Received: from mail2.bellatlantic.net (mail2.bellatlantic.net [151.196.0.38]) by cap1.CapAccess.org (8.6.12/8.6.10) with ESMTP id OAA09376 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 14:20:43 -0500 Received: from tcuavm.is.tcu.edu (TCUAVM.IS.TCU.EDU [138.237.128.148]) by mail2.bellatlantic.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA17953 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 14:12:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU by tcuavm.is.tcu.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 5439; Tue, 31 Mar 98 13:10:04 CDT Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@TCUBVM) by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 7300; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 13:11:25 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LISTSERV release 1.8b) with NJE id 7289 for SCOUTS-L@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 13:09:31 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM (NJE origin SMTP@TCUBVM) by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 7288; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 13:09:30 -0500 Received: from gmu.edu by tcubvm.is.tcu.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Tue, 31 Mar 98 13:06:47 CDT Received: from groupwise08.gmu.edu by gmu.edu (5.65v4.0/1.1.3.9/GMUv7) id AA17415; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 14:02:38 -0500 Received: from GW08B-Message_Server by WPGATE.GMU.EDU with Novell_GroupWise; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 13:59:25 -0500 X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 13:58:32 -0500 Reply-To: TIMOTHY ZICH Sender: Scouts-L Youth Group List From: TIMOTHY ZICH Subject: A Prayer For Children To: Multiple recipients of list SCOUTS-L Status: RO X-Status: This came across my e-mail today. I hope it hasn't been posted already. YiS Tim tzich@gmu.edu >A PRAYER FOR CHILDREN > > We pray for children > Who sneak popsicles before supper, > Who erase holes in math workbooks > Who can never find their shoes > >And we pray for those > who stare at photographers from behind > barbed wire > who can't bound down the street in a > new pair of sneakers > who never "counted potatoes" > who are born in places we wouldn't be caught dead > who never go to the circus > who live in an X-rated world. > > We pray for children > who bring us sticky kisses & fistfuls of dandelions > who hug us in a hurry and forget their lunch money. > > And we pray for those > who never get dessert > who have no safety blanket to drag behind them > who watch their parents watch them die > who can't find any bread to steal > who don't have any rooms to clean up > whose pictures aren't on anybody's dresser > whose monsters are real > > We pray for children > who spend all their allowance before Tuesday > who throw tantrums in the grocery store & pick at their food > who like ghost stories > who shove dirty clothes under the bed and never rinse out the tub > who get visits from the tooth fairy >who don't like to be kissed in front of the carpool >who squirm in church or temple & scream in the phone >whose tears we sometimes laugh at and whose smiles can make us cry > > And we pray for those > whose nightmares come in the daytime > who will eat anything > who have never seen a dentist > who aren't spoiled by anybody > who go to bed hungry and cry themselves to sleep > who live and move but have no being > > We pray for children who want to be > carried and for those who must > for those we never give up on and > for those who don't get a second chance > > For those we smother....and for those who will grab the hand of > anybody kind enough to offer it. >