I hope you dance

I've been so emotional lately. I mean, I'm always emotional, but I feel like I've been at the breaking point for days now and everything came to a head earlier today. My oldest child just started kindergarten, my brother's wife had a baby girl, my youngest son is walking... my children's childhood seems to be passing me by at a rate so fast I'm screaming for life to slow down.

And then it happened. F-ing country music station... I have to actually blame my friend Mike because he's the one who decides what the station plays. He's the program director. Thank you Mike for giving me a partial breakdown and now a splitting headache. And anxiety. And the sad longing for my babies to stay babies forever... Maybe one day my son and I will dance to this at his wedding.

I hope you dance by Lee Ann Womack

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat
But always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
I hope you still feel small
When you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Living might mean taking chances
But they're worth taking
Lovin' might be a mistake
But it's worth making
Don't let some hell bent heart
Leave you bitter
When you come close to selling out
Reconsider
Give the heavens above
More than just a passing glance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
(Time is a real and constant motion always)
I hope you dance
(Rolling us along)
I hope you dance
(Tell me who)
I hope you dance
(Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
(Where those years have gone)

I hope you still feel small
When you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
Dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance
(Time is a real and constant motion always)
I hope you dance
(Rolling us along)
I hope you dance
(Tell me who)
(Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
I hope you dance
(Where those years have gone)

(Tell me who)
I hope you dance
(Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
(Where those years have gone)