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Created on: August 01, 2009 Last Updated: August 02, 2009
Our Children
You live
You grow.
You come
You go.
We watch
We try.
We fail
We cry.
If only we
Could really be
The parents you
Would like us to.
But God knows
And understands
So we commit you
To his hands.
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