One of Jennifer’s favorite poems was “A Prayer for Children”:

A Prayer for Children
Author Unknown

We pray for the children
Who sneak popsicles before dinner
Who can never find their shoes
Who bring us sticky kisses
Who hug us in a hurry, run out the door and forget their lunch money

We pray for the children
Who never get dessert
Who can't bound down the street in a new pair of sneakers
Who are born in places we wouldn't be caught dead
Who have no safe blankie to drag behind them

We pray for the children
Who shove dirty clothes under their bed
Who throw tantrums in grocery stores
Who get visits from the tooth fairy
Who pick at their food

We pray for the children
Who don't have any rooms to clean up
Whose pictures aren't on anybody's dresser
Who have never seen a dentist
Who will eat anything

We pray for the children
Who make us look under the bed for nightmares
Whose tears we dry
Whose smiles can make us cry

We pray for the children
Whose monsters are real
Who aren't spoiled by anybody
Who go to bed hungry and cry themselves to sleep