I have a lot of respect for those moms that stay up all hours of the night, constantly dodge flying food from the high chair and have to wear ear plugs to avoid having their head implode because of how LOUD their crabby babies are ... since our return from PEI, I've been one of those moms. Naturally, we're not 100% certain whether it's teeth, the re-arrangement of her nursery furniture, the travel ... she's just crabby. If only she could just tell us what her problem is ... *sigh*.
As dedicated country music fans (we often have the local country radio station or our tv turned to CMT), we owe a MAJOR thanks to country musician Darius Rucker (former lead for Hootie and the Blowfish!) for helping Ken and I survive these ...
frustrating ... moments - it seems one of his latest songs "It Won't Be Like This For Long" comes on JUST when we need to hear it ... so much so that I've even thought of writing him a letter just to THANK him for such a great song! Even though it's from a dad's perspective, it speaks volumes to all those moms out there too ...
He didn't have to wake up
He'd been up all night
Layin’ there in bed listenin’
To his new born baby cry
He makes a pot of coffee
He splashes water on his face
His wife gives him a kiss and says
It gonna be OK
It won’t be like this for long
One day soon we'll look back laughin’
At the week we brought her home
This phase is gonna fly by
So baby just hold on
‘Cause it won't be like this for long
Four years later ‘bout 4:30
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 you're 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
‘Til 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
So, he's tryin’ to hold on
‘Cause it won’t be like this for long
It won’t be like this for long
You can watch the video on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53Rm-Vgf7h8Enjoy!
