I never really understood what it meant to have someone
completely dependent upon you for all their needs.
To have someone that you ache for when they fail and
will do almost anything to see that they succeed.

I guess I always took for granted how this had worked
in my own life from my parents to my very supportive wife.
I have always been fortunate to have someone there for me
for all the ups and downs through each victory and strife.

Well all this changed when I held my child for the first time.
When I looked into her eyes it was astonighing to see.
She wasn’t scared, no that wasn’t it at all.  She was looking
with love as if to say I need you to always be there for me.

It seems we developed a pact from the very first time we met.
This contract is permanent and comes with no strings attached.
Because whatever my child needs, she can always count on one thing.
The lengths I’ll go through to help her will never be matched.

-KLM#1 06/16/2013