Since I've written a lullaby for all my babies, my kids continually asked me for three months after Addie's birth, "Have you written Addie's song yet?" It took going to Primary Children's Hospital before the inspiration came. I needed to meet other parents, with children of all ages, who devote their lives to serving their ill children, and I needed to meet other health-challenged children. So, Addie's Lullaby is dedicated to all those children out there who struggle with mental, emotional, or physical challenges . . . and especially to their parents who love and serve them. I didn't really understand what charity could be until I met these parents.
So, if you'll forgive my morning voice after just coming in from milking the cows, without further adieu:
Addie's Lullaby
Be gentle with my baby--
You don't know where she's been--
The road she's had to travel down
To get back up again.
Life for her's not easy,
It's all a mountain to climb;
So be gentle with my baby,
And grow in grace divine.
Be gentle with my baby.
She may not play like you,
But she's in need of friendship,
and she's got feelings too.
Invite her and include her.
Be patient when she tries.
Change tears of sorrow to tears of joy
Within her mother's eyes.
Be gentle with my baby.
Hear her mother's plea,
For one day when the Savior comes,
He'll lift her upon his knee.
As His loving arms enfold her,
She'll find healing in His wings--
And hearts will mend & knees will bend;
In praise and glory sing.
. . . And hearts will mend & knees will bend;
In praise and glory sing.
