Our oldest turned 5 this past Friday. It was fun, we were excited. We had a great party with friends at the bowling alley. On the way home from the bowling alley, "Remember When" by Alan Jackson was on the radio. And it took me back- to the day we brought him home from the hospital. That very song was on CMT and I remember crying, thinking "it will never be just me & Ryan again." My heart was sad, for that reason, and because I was thinking about how our kids would never know our grandparents who had died or the one who was in the hospital and died just 7 weeks later. But at the same time, I was so happy and so filled with joy, having just brought our first baby boy home from the hospital. Now, he's 5 and our second baby boy is almost 2 1/2. I am SO glad it's not just me & Ryan anymore. Not because I don't adore my husband but because I could not, just COULD NOT, imagine life without my precious boys. Here we are, 30 years old and our boys are growing up so fast. Some day, they'll be grown up and have lives of their own and Ryan and I WILL be alone again and will be left to "Remember When." These are years I do not want to wish away and I do not want to forget!
The lyrics, in case you have not heard the song...
Remember when I was young so were you
time stood still
love was all we knew
You were the first, so was I
made love and then you cried
Remember when
Remember when we vowed the vows walked the walk
Gave our hearts, made the start, it was hard
lived and learned, life threw curves
There was joy, there was hurt
Remember when
Remember when old ones died new were born
life was changed, disassembled, rearranged
We came together, fell apart
broke each other's hearts
Remember when
Remember when the sound of little feet
was the music
We danced to week to week
Brought back the love, we found trust
Vowed we'd never give it up
Remember when
Remember when thirty seemed so old
Now lookin' back, it's just a steppin' stone
To where we are, where we've been
Said we'd do it all again
Remember when
Remember when we said when we turned gray
When the children grow up and move away
We won't be sad, we'll be glad
For all the life we've had
And we'll remember when
The lyrics, in case you have not heard the song...
Remember when I was young so were you
time stood still
love was all we knew
You were the first, so was I
made love and then you cried
Remember when
Remember when we vowed the vows walked the walk
Gave our hearts, made the start, it was hard
lived and learned, life threw curves
There was joy, there was hurt
Remember when
Remember when old ones died new were born
life was changed, disassembled, rearranged
We came together, fell apart
broke each other's hearts
Remember when
Remember when the sound of little feet
was the music
We danced to week to week
Brought back the love, we found trust
Vowed we'd never give it up
Remember when
Remember when thirty seemed so old
Now lookin' back, it's just a steppin' stone
To where we are, where we've been
Said we'd do it all again
Remember when
Remember when we said when we turned gray
When the children grow up and move away
We won't be sad, we'll be glad
For all the life we've had
And we'll remember when
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