When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang my  first painting on the refrigerator, and I wanted to paint another one. 

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you feed a stray cat, and I thought it was good to be kind to animals. 

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make my favorite cake for me, and I knew that little things are special things. 

When you thought I wasn't looking, I heard you say a prayer, and I believed there is a God I could always talk to. 

When you thought I wasn't looking, I felt you kiss me good night, and I felt loved. 

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw tears come from your eyes, and I learned that sometimes things hurt, but it's all right to cry. 

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw that you cared and I wanted to be everything that I could be. 

When you thought I wasn't looking, I looked ... and wanted to say thanks for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn't looking. 

By Author Unknown 
from A 4th Course of Chicken Soup for the Soul 
Copyright 1997 by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Hanoch McCarty & Meladee McCarty