Weepy

Y'all, I swear, I get weepy on a daily basis lately. It may be the recent and quite permanent fallout with my parents that makes me look at my children so differently, with such enjoyment and appreciation just to have them in my life. Could possibly be some lingering pregnancy hormones, too. I don't know. But Steven Curtis Chapman's "Cinderella" just melted me in the car today. Ohhhhh - So sweet, so bittersweet. So heartbreaking. So moving.

Also heard this song by Darius Rucker and just had to save the lyrics here. They go right with that post I did last week about getting through tough phases of life.

It Won't Be Like This For Long by Darius Rucker

He didn't have to wake up
He'd been up all night
Layin' there in bed listenin'
To his newborn baby cry
He makes a pot of coffee
He splashes water on his face
His wife gives him a kiss and says
"It's gonna be OK

It won't be like this for long
One day we'll look back laughin'
At the week we brought her home
This phase is gonna fly by
So baby just hold on
It won't be like this for long"

Four years later 'bout four thirty
She's crawling in their bed
And when he drops her off at preschool
She's clinging to his leg
The teacher peels her off of him
He says "What can I do?"
She says "Now don't you worry
This'll only last a week or two

It won't be like this for long
One day soon you'll drop her off
And she won't even know your gone
This phase is gonna fly by
If you can just hold on
It won't be like this for long"

Some day soon she'll be a teenager
And at times he'll think she hates him
Then he'll walk her down the aisle
And raise her veil
But right now she's up and cryin'
And the truth is that he don't mind
As he kisses her good night
And she says her prayers

He lays down there beside her
Till her eyes are finally closed
And just watchin' her it breaks his heart
Cause he already knows

It won't be like this for long
One day soon that little girl is gonna be
All grown up and gone
Yeah this phase is gonna fly by
He's tryin' to hold on
Cuz It won't be like this for long
It won't be like this for long