A Daddy Post - Love Poem for Addisyn

Everything I Have

Tonight I laid you down to sleep

On the night you turned two

We held your hands did mom and I

And said a prayer with you

We tucked you in with your stuffed pig

And kissed you on your cheeks

Then told you how much we love you

As you drifted to sleep

Later on that night while I was

Thinking of you down stairs

A passing train rumbled our house

I thought you might be scared

Did I hear something from your room?

I thought I heard you cry

Maybe I wanted an excuse

To hold you for a while

When I got upstairs to your room

In peace you laid at rest

Just in case, I still picked you up

And laid you on my chest

Holding you tight with all my love

I kissed you a time or two

And as you slept there in my arms

I whispered this poem to you,

“Baby I know when you wake up

Tomorrow I’ll be gone

But I’ll be back that afternoon

Promise it won’t be long

Daddy will be away at work all day

It’s what daddy has to do

Please know that while I am away

I’m thinking about you

I’ll never be so far away

That you should feel alone

You’ll never be so far away

That these arms aren’t your home

So though I have to leave sometimes

I’m always coming back

‘Cause you and mom and Jesus Christ

Are everything I have”

I kissed your head another time

And laid you in your crib

Knelt down and grabbed your little hand

And prayed with you again

“Lord I thank you for my daughter

Next year she will be three

I pray one day I can love her

The same way You love me”

To: Addy

Love: Daddy

*Addisyn was sick this weekend so we couldn't do our photo shoot. Below are some pictures I took at before her party :-)