As I Watch You Grow

• by Cindi
• 8 years ago

I have been trying to figure out how to put these feelings into words and I read this and this was it. My daughter is 16 today and needless to say this made her day. Thank you for your wonderful knowledge and wording. I cried reading it the 1st time and every time since and I think I saw a tear in her eye too.

• by Sydney, Australia
• 9 years ago

Thank you so much for the beautiful poem...this is exactly what I was looking for as my daughter is turning 17 tomorrow. It touched me to the core of my heart and I am going to create a birthday card for her with her picture on it. This is exactly what I want to tell her on her birthday.

• by Daniella Felix
• 10 years ago

Thank you so much for sharing this heartfelt poem! It totally caught me off guard while touching the very core of my soul. My eldest of daughters will be 15 in exactly one week. Your beautiful words stirred up a whirlwind of emotions within me as I reminisce on the wonderful times mothering my Cassie! Feeling extremely blessed and grateful to have her in my life!

• by Maria
• 10 years ago

My daughter is turning 16 in just one more week and was looking for the right words to express my feeling and how much I love her. Then I come across your heartfelt poem. I had tears in my eyes as I read it, because word for word is exactly what I want to tell my daughter. I'm going to share it on FB adding a few pictures of her from when she was a baby to present. Thank you for sharing your beautiful words.

• by New Jersey
• 10 years ago

Thank you so much for writing in such beautiful way, like if you could guess what I was feeling for my daughter, but I could not express.
thank you so much

• by Destine, Bluffton Indiana
• 10 years ago

I am 16 years old. I currently live in Indiana with my mother and my boyfriend. I have a daughter. Yes I know I'm young but she means the world to me. There isn't anything I wouldn't do for her. My boyfriend is her biological father. I knew from the moment she came into this world he was going to be wrapped around her little finger. As am I. She is honestly a blessing. Before we found out I was pregnant we were very heavily into drugs. Doing anything and everything that would gives us a change and take us from reality. But the day we found out I was pregnant we stopped. Never touching it again. She is really our miracle. She saved both of our lives and then some. I honestly don't know where I would be without my baby girl.

• by Delhi, India
• 11 years ago

Tears rolled down my cheeks when I read the first few lines.

The poem hit me where it should, straight to the heart. It communicates my current thoughts beautifully and will mean as much to my daughter who is away to Canada to excel in Tennis.

Thanks.

• by Rama Mittal
• 11 years ago

I am blessed with two daughters and both are away for higher studies. Now that I have superannuated I have plenty of time to remember and miss my daughters all the more. Reading these poems I just want my daughters to know that no matter where they are they will always be in my heart and that both me and their dad are proud of our daughters and their accomplishments.

• by Monson, Ma
• 11 years ago

Thank you for this poem. My daughter is going to be 21. I love her so much and we are the best of friends. She has been riding horses since was 4 and I have been to every lesson and every show and we are still doing the same. We have bonded though the years so tightly that words can not express, but this poem is perfect for me to share with her on 21st birthday when I know that she now is a woman.

• by Kandi
• 11 years ago

Thank you so much for sharing this poem. I can't believe that you have said everything I am feeling for my 17 year old daughter.
Communication has been tough lately and feel like I have lost a piece of her. I intend on sharing this with her in hopes of the beginning of a new start.
Thanks Again!!!

• by Jaqueline
• 11 years ago

Like the rest of these beautiful parents I was looking for words to express how much I love my daughter. Thank you to the poet!

• by Karen, Florida
• 11 years ago

I was looking for the perfect words to tell my daughter how much I love her, I am doing a drama page for her last play and last year in High School, and this says it all perfectly.
Thank you to the author for her beautiful words.

• by Donna, Essex
• 11 years ago

WOW!! I went looking for some words to try tell my 13 year old daughter how much she means to me on her birthday and WOW I'm in tears this just says it so beautifully thank you so much.

• by Melody, Suitland Md
• 11 years ago

This poem touched me so deep, I have 3 daughters and the oldest turning 20 this year, this was a great poem for her birthday, it said everything I wanted. Thank you

• by Kay Theese Poet
• 12 years ago

I wrote this poem for my lovely daughter who has grown into my best friend. I love hearing others sharing my poem.

• by Gary And Janice Smith
• 12 years ago

I am a father that has a baby girl turning 18 on 9/7 I was looking for something that really spoke to the true depth of my love for my daughter. This did just that, I posted this on her FB for her to read, I mad some minor changes to reflect her mother and I so it came from us both. Thank you for such a heart felt poem that reached deep within us.

• by Janel White
• 12 years ago

I have 4 daughters, and this poem is EVERYTHING you would want to say to your daughter. I keep reading it over and over again. I love this, and thank you for writing it.

• by Coventry
• 12 years ago

My 14 year old daughter did something really silly and as a result of this she thought I would love her less. I have tried so hard to reassure her this is not the case and that I will always love her no matter what... I'm not the best with words but this poem said all I needed to say, like someone else I cried when I read it I just hope that when she reads it later today she will realize I love her more than life itself.. she is my first born and was very poorly when she was little and I thought I might lose her then and that nearly destroyed me, to lose her now because of one mistake would kill me...

• by Nita, London
• 12 years ago

A beautiful poem, that says exactly how I feel about my daughters. I think this will be perfect to share with my eldest daughter who is turning 18 tomorrow on the 6th January. She is so kind hearted, so lovely, my first born and a real pleasure to have been blessed with. She is a friend to me also, very emotional, so I'm sorry if it makes her cry. I've always believed in her, and always will.
Thank you so much for sharing this poem with all of us Kay Theese.
xxx
♥♥♥

• by Ravi
• 13 years ago

Although this is written by a mother to a daughter, I have the same feelings for my daughter although I am a father. These were the thoughts in my mind and you have captured it very warmly and beautifully. Thanks.

• by Rachel, Malawi
• 13 years ago

It touched me a lot! I have an only child on this earth and that's her, unfortunately I started leaving her with my brother at the age of 5 and now am back in the country as she is turning 17 and have just married! She doesn't like the step dad and I feel very bad and guilty because she is always isolating herself! I wish she could know how much I care about her.

• by Elizabeth
• 13 years ago

Yes this poem made me cry too, this poem is just what I have been looking for. I find it difficult to put into words my feelings and I wanted to write something special but real, and like Louise's my daughter will be 18, tomorrow, so thank you for sharing and I will now share this with many others.
Thank you Kay, you have a beautiful gift.

• by Louise, Uk
• 13 years ago

I can hardly write this email with tears in my eyes, my beautiful daughter will be 18 in two weeks and this is just perfect thanks

• by Joan, New Jersey
• 13 years ago

Loved it..gave it to My Daughter in a Frame on her wedding Day with a Baby Photo printed on it. Thank you. Tears came tumbling down her Face.

• by Fatima, Los Angeles
• 13 years ago

Thank you so much for writing this poem. My daughter is heading to college and I am trying to write her a letter but it seems so hard to put all those right words together. But when I saw this poem, I did not even blink my eyes. I said this is what I want to express to my daughter. I will miss my daughter so much but I know this is for her future.

• by Adriana, United States
• 13 years ago

My first baby girl will be turning 17 this year ... every year I try to remind her, how special she truly is to me (her mother) ... these words truly do describe the bond a mom and daughter can have & the precious gift a daughter can be. Thanks for sharing!<3

• by England
• 13 years ago

My daughter has a birthday in a few weeks and I want her to know how much I love her (as we seem to grow apart at times) This poem sums up my feelings for her and my girl is also called Tammy. I'm going to show her this.

• by Brittany
• 14 years ago

I was feeling really bad and hating myself about two hours ago. I started crying and my mom came in and hugged me and told me she loved me. And she told me that she would always be proud of me even if I was doing bad in school, which I am because I've been slacking off. When I got on my Facebook a few minutes ago I found this link which she had posted on her wall and said it was for me. It made me so happy and now all my bad feelings are gone. I love her so much.

• by Hazel, Manila
• 14 years ago

I have a teenager daughter who will be celebrating her birthday this Oct 12. I am sure I will make her cry with this poem.
Thank you so much for sharing this. This has been very true to me as a mother for my growing daughter, how time really passes by so quickly, not noticing how kids have grown so fast...

• by Vijayalakshmi, India
• 14 years ago

I want to tell my daughter all these things but unable to express. hope she reads and understands me. she has never been a problem to me and I feel I could not have got a better daughter than her. sometimes she is like a mother to me. I am proud of my daughter and I wish her all the best things in life.

• by Saudi Arabia
• 14 years ago

I have two daughters..recently I left my elder daughter in a boarding school in India, my home country and now I miss her a lot...this poem speaks my feelings!

• by Maxine, Germany
• 14 years ago

This is a beautiful verse. My daughter is about to go to boarding school in the U.K for the very first time and I have been looking for a poem to write to her before she leaves....This one is perfect and I actually shed a tear when I read it. It says everything in it that I am feeling right now, and also exactly what I want for her too. Thank you x

• by South Africa
• 14 years ago

The poem touched me, I was actually looking for special words for my daughter whom God is blessing abundantly and I did not know how to express my love and happiness to her. This poem really gave me proper words to give my little one. It's as if the author knew what's inside of my heart. Thank you for this wonderful poem.

• by Sharon, Australia
• 14 years ago

This is a gorgeous poem...it's everything I want to say to my daughter at this moment in time. Thank you

• by Donna, Willow AK
• 14 years ago

This is a very beautiful poem.

This poem actually made me cry. My oldest daughter and I were/are best friends, but we seem to have grown apart.

I have been hard on her at times, but it's only because I care so-ooo much for her, and want her to do better than I have, and I know she can do it.

I hope she will read this and forgive me for not being the best Mom that I could be, and hopefully understand that that is what I am trying to be.

I love her with all my ♥.

Thank you so much, for sharing this very touching poem.

• by Lee
• 15 years ago

I have 2 beautiful daughters - these are lovely words and so true