When Tears Fall On A Smile

Our oldest ready for his first day of school! (We were not so ready!)

In honor of my oldest boy starting kindergarten after a few mommy (and daddy) tears this week.

They walk patiently down the hallway, she tries to hold his hand,
He balks and pulls his hands away, this is not what he had planned.

"I'm a big boy now," he says as he marches proudly onward,
She is left to wonder how, "when had this occurred?"

That he had grown up overnight, a big boy he was indeed,
How could that escape her sight, she was no longer in need.

But there he was on day one, triumphantly entering his classroom,
And she stood proud of her young son, venturing further from her womb.

When tears fall on a smile, its not sadness they portray,
And if you listen for a while, it will rise after a brief delay.

"I'm proud of you my little boy, you are truly rapidly growing,"
"And these are my tears of joy, my mother's heart is glowing."

Our boy is getting bigger, we cannot stand in the way,
And so with a tearful vigor, we watch him and we pray,

That God would keep him safe, whilst he is not in our care,
And that his absence does not chafe, Lord, hear our prayer.

By leaps and bounds our boy has grown, we thank you Lord for that blessing,
A love of Jesus in his heart is sewn, the full armor of God his dressing

So mommy is able to let him go, she will see him in a while,
A hug will bring forth her joyful glow, as tears fall on her smile.