RON STUBBS


			RON STUBBS *Prayer For the Children* I read this awhile ago and recently came across it again in my desk. As I re-read it, tears formed in my eyes. I wish that I had wrote this piece as it expresses my sentiments. From my heart to all the children in the world, This is for you...Ron Stubbs We pray for the children who sneak Popsicle’s 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 were born in places where 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 and fistfuls of dandelions, who’s hug is in a hurry and forget the lunch money. And we pray for those who never get dessert, who have no safe 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 and pick at their food, who like ghost stories, who shove dirty clothes under the bed, who never rise 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 and 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, whom we never give up on and for those who don't get a second change, for those we smother with kisses and for those who will grab the hand of anybody kind enough to offer it. This prayer read by Mark Jaffrey at Maadi Community Church services, March 26th, 1999. It was written in memory of the children and teacher killed at school in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Join Free! My e-zine newsletter will keep you up-to-date on upcoming events, and special product offerings. Click Here to Join now!