I want to see little children 

adorning every home 

as flowers adorn 

every meadow 

and every wayside.

I want to see them 

welcomed to the
homes they enter, 

to see their parents 

grow less and less selfish 

and more and more loving 

because they have come.

I want to see God's
precious gifts accepted, 

not frowned upon and refused."

Stepping Heavenward by Elizabeth Prentiss