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. 

~ Mary Rita Schilke Korzan ~