For giving up

thank you for giving up of havening kids 
and keeping the ones right there 

Thank you for giving up and giving in
when we asked for the kittens and the teddy bears

thank you giving up on overtime
so you could tuck us in

thank you for coming home early
when i had an award to win

thank you for giving up your tax return
and buying us Disney instead

thank you for giving up the spar room
and buying us a bunk bed

thank you for giving up the name Chris 
and letting us call you dad

thank you for sitting down and listening
but never getting mad

 thank you for giving up your food 
and giving us a home

thank you for giving you hold on me
and giving me room to roam

thank you for giving in when we batted our eyes

thank you for breaking down when me and kellie cried 
 
thank you for giving up on what you could have had

thank you for giving us half your bed

thank you for forgetting so much you could have kept instead
 
 thank you yet again for everything i said

 one last thing i want to think most of all

 thank you for never asking for anything back
 even after you gave it all