Tonight I was singing songs to Benjamin as he was falling to sleep and he just kept smiling and looking into my eyes and I remembered my mom singing the very same songs to me as a child and all the sudden I longed for that connection I felt every time she sat down to sing us one of her favorite songs.They weren’t your typical kid songs, they were songs like “Cat and the Cradle” and “Molly Malone,” but I always knew they were songs that she liked; songs that meant something to her and that’s why she sang them to us. I remember begging for just one more song every night after she tucked us in and I think she probably thought it was a way to get to stay up a little longer. In reality, it was just a matter of wanting to be with her doing the very thing that we were doing at that moment for just a little bit longer. I remember not wanting it to end. So mom, thanks for the songs.
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I need to remember that when Jackson is begging for more. I swear he is just trying to stay up later. NOT HAPPENING! :)
Thanks for that entry. It brought back some wonderful memories.
That's so sweet! Yeah for moms.
Thanks so much Lisa. It's strange how it seems so long ago, but sometimes like yesterday. Enjoy these years with the young ones. It seemed like I would have young children forever and suddenly they were grown and gone.
Loved the blog. Looks like you can't make fun of me for having to sing to Ayden all the time. Maybe one day he will have the same memories.
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