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I was catching up on some posts because I have not been on in a while and I read one of my friends posts about her daughter. It reminded me of a fantastic song about mothers and daughters. It's from Mama Mia based on music by ABBA. Its called "Slipping Through My Fingers" The scene is of the mother helping her daughter get ready to be married.
"Schoolbag in hand
She leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye
With an absent-minded smile
I watch her go
With a surge of that well-known sadness
And I have to sit down for a while
The feeling that I'm loosing her forever
And without really entering her world
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
That funny little girl
Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Sleep in our eyes
Her and me at the breakfast table
Barely awake
I let precious time go by
Then when she's gone
There's that odd melancholy feeling
And a sense of guilt
I can't deny
What happened to the wonderful adventures
The places I had planned for us to go
Well some of that we did
But most we didn't
And why I just don't know
Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
And save it from the funny tricks of time
Slipping through my fingers-
Schoolbag in hand
She leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile"
I cry every time I hear that song(crying now). I think of my own mom and the time we let slip by. I also think about my daughter and how fast she is growing up and what my illness has taken away from my time with her. We have to be really strong for our kids even when life tries to knock us on our asses. Check it out on YouTube. It is so pretty, and have tissues ready. TTFN
"Schoolbag in hand
She leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye
With an absent-minded smile
I watch her go
With a surge of that well-known sadness
And I have to sit down for a while
The feeling that I'm loosing her forever
And without really entering her world
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
That funny little girl
Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Sleep in our eyes
Her and me at the breakfast table
Barely awake
I let precious time go by
Then when she's gone
There's that odd melancholy feeling
And a sense of guilt
I can't deny
What happened to the wonderful adventures
The places I had planned for us to go
Well some of that we did
But most we didn't
And why I just don't know
Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
And save it from the funny tricks of time
Slipping through my fingers-
Schoolbag in hand
She leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile"
I cry every time I hear that song(crying now). I think of my own mom and the time we let slip by. I also think about my daughter and how fast she is growing up and what my illness has taken away from my time with her. We have to be really strong for our kids even when life tries to knock us on our asses. Check it out on YouTube. It is so pretty, and have tissues ready. TTFN