{"id":1680,"date":"2013-05-19T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2013-05-19T14:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barbdahlgren.com\/?p=1680"},"modified":"2013-03-22T22:37:09","modified_gmt":"2013-03-23T03:37:09","slug":"the-best-of-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/?p=1680","title":{"rendered":"The Best of All"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Grandpa<\/a>In my last blog I mentioned a handwritten poem my father-in-law gave me when our first child was born.\u00a0 Grandpa Dahlgren has long since passed away but here\u2019s a picture of him with our youngest child Matthew who is not so young anymore \u2013 he\u2019s 32.\u00a0 I\u2019ve had so many requests to have the poem printed in its entirety that I decided to go ahead and put it in this blog.\u00a0 Like I mentioned before I don\u2019t know who wrote it because my copy indicated the author was Anonymous.\u00a0 Anonymous has written so many clever things through the years that I would love to meet him or her one day to give credit where credit is due.\u00a0 Until then I\u2019ll just enjoy the fruits of their labor.<\/p>\n

The Best of All<\/b><\/p>\n

Some have bonds and some have gold<\/p>\n

But you have a child in your arms to hold<\/p>\n

Some have power and some have land<\/p>\n

But you have the touch of a little hand<\/p>\n

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Some have riches and some have pride<\/p>\n

But you have a kiss at eventide<\/p>\n

Some have fame but you have more<\/p>\n

The patter of feet on the bedroom floor<\/p>\n

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A dear goodnight in the darkness there<\/p>\n

And the tender words of a little prayer<\/p>\n

A tousled head on the bed to lay<\/p>\n

At the ragged end of a happy day<\/p>\n

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And the light of the stars on a little face<\/p>\n

And a darling smile that the moonbeams trace<\/p>\n

What matter then if gold we miss<\/p>\n

For what is gold compared to this<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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