The world is so large

Towering over me.

The ocean so deep,

Bottomless seas.

The rain is so exciting

What fun to run and play.

But yet how I love to picnic

On a warm and sunny day.

There is no falseness

For my words are my thoughts.

A day playing tag

Is more valuable than any toy that could be bought.

I love the gifts I get

Yet I play with the box instead.

I love to take baths,

And have books read to me before bed.

For I am a child

Innocent and true,

But how I turn out

Is in your hands, and up to you.

Nichole always wanted a family. She loved playing with her nieces and nephew. I would watch her with such wonder, it was like she became a child again when she played with them. Occasionally she would look up at me and smile that beautiful smile of hers. I knew she was truly happy when she was with them.

They felt the same way about her, when she would walk into the room, their little eyes would light up and the biggest smiles would cover their little faces. Nichole would make a bee line to them, quickly saying hi to whoever else was in the room, and scoop them up. Giggles filled the room from them, Nichole, and any other adult in the room, the giggles were contagious!

She would have made such a wonderful Mommy. Sometimes when I am with my grandchildren that my sons have blessed me with (well actually it was their wives that blessed me, but you know what I mean), I can't help but wonder what Nichole's children would have been like. I miss her so much!

I guess the reason I wanted you to read this poem of hers was so you could see she never really lost that little girl inside her. No matter the inner struggles she was dealing with, those just melted away and for a few blissful moments in time she was free of them.

Maybe no matter what your struggles are in life, how bleak everything seems or how far away that light at the end of the tunnel seems. Maybe if you can just find that special inner child you can find a moment of peace and happiness. If there are people, big or little, that make you feel this way, seek them out in troubled times. You don't even need to "talk" to them if you choose not to. Just being with them might give you that brief, bright inner peace you need, even if only for a moment, to get through the darkness. 

I hope with all my heart that this might just help you some day when things feel hopeless.

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