Last night, Mom and I watched Mama Mia. Near the end of the movie, there is a song the mom and daughter sing that made me think of Mady (and Trip), here are a few lines of the chorus:
"Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time"
Tonight, on the way home from having dinner with my parents and TJ's parents, I looked back at my two beautiful children and had one of those moments where I just wanted to stop time. Mady had been upset, getting sleepy, so Trip started to sing to her. He was singing Mary Had a Little Lamb at the top of his lungs while little Mady just stared at him with a huge smile on her face, loving her big brother completely and unconditionally. As is always the case, Trip managed to make his little sister happy and stop her sad tears for a few minutes. I know that in the not too far future there is going to come a time when she stops looking at him that way and he stops singing to her, so I just try to hold on to these moments now. As hard as I try, they slip through my fingers all the time, just like the song says. For every moment that I have each day where I think "What am I doing? Where has my life gone?," I have a thousand more moments like this where I just want time to stop and for me to hold on to these two sweet gifts from God and keep them just as they are. As 2008 comes to an end, I look forward to sharing many more of these precious moments with my family as they slip through my fingers.
"Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time"
Tonight, on the way home from having dinner with my parents and TJ's parents, I looked back at my two beautiful children and had one of those moments where I just wanted to stop time. Mady had been upset, getting sleepy, so Trip started to sing to her. He was singing Mary Had a Little Lamb at the top of his lungs while little Mady just stared at him with a huge smile on her face, loving her big brother completely and unconditionally. As is always the case, Trip managed to make his little sister happy and stop her sad tears for a few minutes. I know that in the not too far future there is going to come a time when she stops looking at him that way and he stops singing to her, so I just try to hold on to these moments now. As hard as I try, they slip through my fingers all the time, just like the song says. For every moment that I have each day where I think "What am I doing? Where has my life gone?," I have a thousand more moments like this where I just want time to stop and for me to hold on to these two sweet gifts from God and keep them just as they are. As 2008 comes to an end, I look forward to sharing many more of these precious moments with my family as they slip through my fingers.
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