Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Better Together

Tonight, just before dinner, this song began playing.
The girls were close by so I called them over and the three of us giggled and danced together "ring around the rosie" style.
(baby girl kept shouting 'Down!' and we could do nothing but comply :)



As we twirled around the room, I couldn't help but let the words wrap around my mommy heart.
I want to sing this song over each of my children.
Especially this part:

And all of these moments
Just might find their way into my dreams tonight
But I know that they'll be gone
When the morning light sings
And brings new things
For tomorrow night you see
That they'll be gone too
Too many things I have to do
But if all of these dreams might find their way
Into my day to day scene
I'd be under the impression
I was somewhere in between
With only two
Just me and you
Not so many things we got to do
Or places we got to be
We'll Sit beneath the mango tree now

I want to freeze the "in between moments."
The moments when I let the twirling in the living room take me away from the day to day stuff that tends to drain my mommy strength.

I want to slow down and truly soak up being a mom.

I long to live in the 'holding chubby little fingers and dancing around the room' moments.
In the 'falling to the floor in giggles and hugs' moments.
The moments when I don't let the long to do list get in the way of being together.

I need these "in between moments."
I need to steal away from my day to day and remember the silly dancing in the living room, or the snuggles at bedtime, or the lego building.
I need to consciously escape to the 'in between.'

Love is the answer,
At least for most of the questions in my heart
Like why are we here? And where do we go?
And how come it's so hard?
It's not always easy and
Sometimes life can be deceiving
I'll tell you one thing it's always better when we're together

Sometimes my days can feel overwhelming and frustrating and just plain old hard.
But I want each of my kids to know that I really do feel like it's "always better when we're together."
Even though some days I feel like I want to pull out my hair (today!)
I know that it's life being deceiving.
I don't want circumstances or my imperfections to steal away the joy of being a mom. To steal away my expression of love for my kids. I want them to fully and truly know that I wouldn't trade anything for being their mama.

Because when it comes down to it, they make me better.
They teach me to love unconditionally.
To forgive freely.
To pour out grace abundantly (for them and for me!)
To live fully.

I want them to know that I am ALWAYS better when we're together!


Better Together
by Jack Johnson

There's no combination of words
I could put on the back of a postcard
No song that I could sing
But I can try for your heart
Our dreams, and they are made out of real things
Like a, shoebox of photographs
With sepiatone loving
Love is the answer,
At least for most of the questions in my heart
Like why are we here? And where do we go?
And how come it's so hard?
It's not always easy and
Sometimes life can be deceiving
I'll tell you one thing it's always better when we're together

[Chorus:]
MMM it's always better when we're together
Yeah, we'll look at them stars when we're together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, it's always better when we're together

And all of these moments
Just might find their way into my dreams tonight
But I know that they'll be gone
When the morning light sings
And brings new things
For tomorrow night you see
That they'll be gone too
Too many things I have to do
But if all of these dreams might find their way
Into my day to day scene
I'd be under the impression
I was somewhere in between
With only two
Just me and you
Not so many things we got to do
Or places we got to be
We'll Sit beneath the mango tree now

It's always better when we're together
Mmmm, we're somewhere in between together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, it's always better when we're together

MMmmmm MMMmmmm Mmmmmm
I believe in memories
They look so, so pretty when I sleep
Hey now, and when I wake up,
You look so pretty sleeping next to me
But there is not enough time,
And there is no, no song I could sing
And there is no, combination of words I could say
But I will still tell you one thing
We're better together.

4 comments:

  1. Awesome Sara! I totally agree with you. Living in the moment is so hard for me...I constantly struggle with it. Thank you for this beautiful post.

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  2. What beautiful wisdom, Sara. I pray that you have a chance to make more of these memories.

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  3. whew I needed to hear this today! I have been struggling lately, so much that I have not even been blogging!! I miss it and I have missed reading your blog! But tonight my hubby is away and I sat down to catch up on some of my favorite blogs and I have been incredibly blessed. In the morning I will gather the kids and play this to create an "in between moment" I love this, because the day-to-day stuff has certainly drained me lately!

    So thank you for touching me deeply today, for reminding me what should be the most important part of every day.

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