When you thought I wasn’t looking you hung my first painting on the refrigerator, and I wanted to paint another.

When you thought I wasn’t looking you fed a stray cat, and I thought it was good to be kind to animals.

When you thought I wasn’t looking you baked a birthday cake just for me, and I knew that little things were special things.

When you thought I wasn’t looking you said a prayer, and I believed there was a God that I could always talk to.

When you thought I wasn’t looking you kissed me good-night, and I felt loved.

When you thought I wasn’t looking I saw tears come from your eyes, and I learned that sometimes things hurt-but that it’s all right to cry.

When you thought I wasn’t looking you smiled, and it made me want to look that pretty, too.

When you thought I wasn’t looking you cared, and I wanted to be everything I could be.

When you thought I wasn’t looking-I looked . . . and wanted to say thanks for all those things you did when you thought I wasn’t looking.

This is from the book… “Stories for the Heart” Compiled by Alice Gray Multnomah Books (If you like “Bits & Pieces” and the “Chicken Soup” books, you’ll LOVE this one.)

(c) 1980 Mary Rita Schilke Korzan. Used by permission of the author.