Brett Dennen - Darling Do Not Fear

This boy can move

Enjoy this while you read...

I am supposed to be at the grocery store right now, but obviously I'm not. I've got a dinner party tomorrow night and my Friday is packed from beginning to end but I got caught up. See, me and my littlest guy spend a lot of time together. He is a fantastic companion who makes me laugh no less then a dozen times a day and he is a true joy. But at the same time he is three, and three year old boys are not always the most cooperative of companions, but today we had a moment. An absolutely private, bring tears to your eyes moment where you realize what it's all about.

We were enjoying our grilled cheese for lunch together like we do on so many days. But today was different. It is freezing outside and through the window I was studying what is my garden buried deep beneath the snow and wondering how long it is going to take for the snow around the BBQ to melt so that we can actually use it again. As I was sitting there literally soaking it all in, this Brett Dennen song came on the iPOD. Cooper and I do this a lot, eat our lunch together and listen to tunes. He loves music and is quite an accomplished dancer and knows every word to Usher and Nelly. So today in the sun we decided to play DJ while we ate. This song came on and we found ourselves playing it over and over singing, "Darlin' " to each other. It was one of those sweet, dream catcher type of moments that you can't walk away from and you pray it will never end. I was mesmerized at the sight of my littlest guy dancing in the sunshine with his sandwich singing to me. Pure magic. The entire moment was so truly delicious that I never wanted that lunch to be finished because with that last bite, "Poof." He would run off and it would be over. Just like our days together now, soon they will be a memory and he will be gone and head off on the school bus to join his brothers all day.

But for now, at this very moment in time, I am going to ignore everything else I have to do so that I can capture this feeling in words. And a song.