<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><div><b>“Let Kids Be Kids”</b> by Jennifer Caldwell</div><div><br></div><div>Let kids be kids; just let them be</div><div>Princesses, pirates; let the bath be the sea!</div><div><br></div><div>Let them stare at the sky and find animals in the clouds.</div><div>Let them dance in the rain and sing out loud.</div><div><br></div><div>Let them dream really big and wish upon a star.</div><div>Let them feel the wind in their hair from the window of a car.</div><div><br></div><div>Smell their dandelion bouquet like it's your favorite flower,</div><div>For they will grow up in what seems like just an hour.</div><div><br></div><div>Tell them bedtime stories each and every night.</div><div>Let them sleep in the middle when they awake with fright.</div><div><br></div><div>Shield them from evil and keep them from danger,</div><div>But teach them of acts of kindness for complete strangers.</div><div><br></div><div>Don't hurry them, overschedule them, and make them feel lost,</div><div>For if this happens it will be you who will pay the cost!</div><div><br></div><div>Let them build castles, do cartwheels, and find shells in the sand.</div><div>If they need a little help, then please give them a hand!</div><div><br></div><div>Let them walk barefoot and the grass tickle their feet,</div><div>For it's the small things in life that will make them feel complete!</div><div><br></div><div>Let them make couch cushion forts and sleep in a tent,</div><div>For this is the way childhood was meant to be spent!</div><div><br></div><div>Let them bring you breakfast in bed, let them burn your toast.</div><div>Someday it will be times like this you will miss the most.</div><div><br></div><div>Teach them how to serve others and be a good friend.</div><div>If you teach all these things, their love will have no end.</div><div><br></div><div>Teach them in life, not everyone will win.</div><div>And when they lose they need to accept with a grin.</div><div><br></div><div>It's not about the money you have and the things you have bought.</div><div>Life is all about lessons that parents have taught!</div><div><br></div><div>So let kids be kids, just let them be.</div><div>And our world will be a better place for you and for me!</div></div><div><br></div>———————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></body></html>