The time has come

For this beautiful bride

Who at 2 years old

Sat on my kitchen floor

Playing with pots and pans

And an oatmeal box drum

The time has come for her to shine as the sun.

The time has come

For this beautiful bride

Who at 6 years old

Loved for me to braid her hair

Playing house for hours

With her favorite dolls

The time has now come for her to walk tall

The time has come

For this beautiful bride

Who at 10 years old

Loved to play with her friends

Role-playing the people

They imagined they might grow up to be

The time has now come for her to begin living reality

The time has come

For this beautiful bride

Who at 16 years old

Had her heart crushed for the very first time

She cried as her dad held her, they talked about life

The time has now come to be her true love’s wife

The time has come

For this beautiful bride

Who at 22 gave up her fairy tale notions?

And embraced life with eyes opened wide  

I am so proud of my daughter and of the choice she has made

And I watch as my own love of 30 years proudly gives his daughter away

You would think the overwhelming joy of that day

Was enough for us all, because it was for this happiness we had prayed

But now the time has come for my beautiful daughter

To become a mom and me a grandmother

Grandpa is nearly bursting with pride

I’m not sure there is enough Kleenex to keep our tears dried

The miracle of birth bursts forth with all its joy

And life once again becomes complete with the birth of this precious baby boy