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Fall leaves raked into piles, linens on the clothesline
Muddy hands make acorn cakes
Michigan days, mosquito spray
Garden harvest into jars and cooling homemade pies
As you grow your children

Sponge curler Sunday mornings, matching dresses, a tie for dad
Heart and eyes resting on God, with safe open arms to land
Joyous in the happy times, and prayerful in the sad
As you grow your children

Bake a cake of comfort, sprinkle on your style
Decorate my heart, let’s visit for a while

Daycare crafting at the table, babies napping on the couch
Busy parents come and go with confidence and trust
Little arms reaching out for your caring touch
As you grow their children

Wedding and bridesmaids dresses, sewn by your loving hands
An open door with cookie jars, for spoiling your grands
Fish and chowder in a box, with surfers in the sand
And you’ve grown your children

Knit me a memory, crochet a smile
Plant me a rainbow, let’s visit for a while

A love surprise at fifty-five, Ragged Point, limo ride
Twelve years of wedded bliss arrived to change the tide
Helping raise ten grandchildren, four daughters at your side
And you’ve grown your children
As we grow our children
And they grow their children