How many pounds does
the baby weigh--
Baby who came but a
month ago?
How many pounds from
the crowning curl
To the rosy point of
the restless toe?
Grandfather ties the 'kerchief'
knot,
Tenderly guides the
swinging weight,
And carefully over
his glasses peers
To read the record, "Only
eight."
Softly the echo goes
around:
The father laughs and
the tiny girl;
The fair young mother
sings the words,
While grandmother
smooths the golden curl
And stooping from
above the precious thing,
Nestles a kiss,
within a prayer:
Murmuring softly, "Little
one,
Grandfather didn't
weigh you fair."
Nobody weighed the
baby's smile,
Or the love that came
with the helpless one;
Nobody weighed the
threads of care,
From which a woman's
life is spun.
Nobody weighed the
baby's soul
For here on earth, no
weights there be
That would avail. God
only knows
Its value in
eternity.
~Ethel Lynn Beers
(Shared with me by Angela
Baker in celebration of the birth of one of my children. -Rachel DeMille)
