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 goodnight,
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
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 goodnight,
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
