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Poem: You Are One Of My Fondest Joys

You Are One Of My Fondest Joys
by Jonathan Kraft

I may not have been there when you were first born.
I missed the first few steps that you took.
I never heard your cooing or early small cries.
I’ve only heard about the first rattle you shook.

Early on in your life, I didn’t know you,
and you also were not yet aware of me.
Out life’s paths were not yet ready to cross,
but it was planned in our journey

for us to come together to share the time
and be there for one another.
I consider you one of the best blessings
of my having met your mother.

And now as you step out into the world
to be a woman who goes and stands on her own,
this is among my very fondest joys
to have spent time with you as you’ve grown.

Families are who we choose them to be.
Some people say blood is thicker than water,
but I love you and I hope you’ll always know
that I’m always here for you, my daughter.

This poem was written for a client who requested a poem from a stepfather to a stepdaughter who was graduating high school.

If you would like me to write a poem for you, please contact me.

8 thoughts on “Poem: You Are One Of My Fondest Joys

  1. Tamie McNulty

    Poem from stepmother to a stepdaughter who is 10years old and missing me so much it hurts her when she remembers the great times we had together and I’m missing my stepdaughter just the same. Thank you in advance.

  2. Thomas

    Hi i need help on a poem for my stepdaughter graduation I entered her life at 3 years old now this is her senior year and I have no clue what to say to her if you can help me to be good thank you

  3. Sammy Bravo

    Its my step daughter who I love very much , her Name is Angie. My name is Sammy . I’ve been in her life for the past five years and now I don’t see her as much because she is getting ready to graduate and it seems like ther is no time for us . I’m in Manhattan and she is in Brooklyn . Please I need a poem for her. I thank you in advance . Sammy Bravo.

  4. Webster

    Hi can u please help me with a poem to my step daughter who i recently divorced with her mother.love her so much and will alwayws will

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