My third, and probably last, baby just turned two last month
and it has become such a reminder how the days pass by way too fast. As he grows, as well as my older two kids, I
am acutely aware that I am approaching the “lasts” of some of their
milestones. Granted, I am certainly
overjoyed by the new achievements and more independence that they have found
but I am realizing the “baby stage” is quickly disappearing. Before I know it, like all mothers (and
grandmothers) remind us so often, soon our kids will be off to school,
college, and married off with their own kids.
It is but a blink away.
I wrote this song through tears because it wrecked me as a
mommy. It broke me because it shed light on how time fades and passes
quickly. Babies become grown before I am
ready or even aware.
So mommies and daddies of littles, let us remember to rest in joy during those young years. Though we may face each day without adequate sleep, with a sink overloaded with dishes, cluttered floors, and an undone to do list, these times are so precious. Our children will forever be our babies no matter how fast they age. I don’t want to rush another minute.
You will always be
Becki J Buescher
Piano and mix by Robert Geiger
It may be the last time you cry for me
The last head upon my chest as you’re drifting off to sleep
And maybe when there’s less a need for me
You still will always see I was your first love
For you will always be my baby
Yes you will always be my baby
I love to watch to grow as you do things on your own
To see the laughter fill your eyes will joy and life
When the hard days come to me you’ll run
My heart can’t help but break when yours is broken.
Don’t you ever doubt how incredible you are
How much you are loved and treasured in my heart
God has made you brave, so keep trusting as I pray
That you cling to the One who holds me too
When your hand slips from mine into another’s
To have and to hold in love forever
In joy I’ll watch you go and form a family of your own
Yet a part of you remains within my heart
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