Tuesday, March 29, 2005
A few weekends ago Mark and I got to go see "Hitch" at the theatres. It was a great movie and very funny. Anyway, there was a song by Billy Joel in the movie that I really liked called "Vienna." If you get a chance to listen to it or download it --it's a great song. But, here's the lyrics.
Slow down you crazy child
You're so ambitious for a juvenile
But then if you're so smart tell me why you are still so afraid?
Where's the fire, what's the hurry about?
You better cool it off before you burn it out
You got so much to do and only so many hours in a day
But you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want or you can just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through
When will you realize Vienna waits for you
Slow down you're doing fine
You can't be everything you want before your time
Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight
Too bad but it's the life you lead
You're so ahead of yourself that you forfeit what you need
Though you can see when you're wrong
You know you can't always see when you're right
You got your passion, You got your pride
But don't you know, only fools are satisfied?
Dream on but don't imagine they'll all come true
When will you realize Vienna waits for you?
Slow down you crazy child
Take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while.
It's alright you can afford to lose a day or two
When will you realize Vienna waits for you.
Anyway, with another baby on the way I've been freaking out a little at the thought of trying to keep up or rather, not being able to keep up with the daily grind of things. I was just beginning to feel on top of things when we found out we're expecting and it has thrown me for a bigger loop than having Denver (almost.) When I heard the song it just reminded me that it's okay to slow down a little every once in awhile. And no one will ever really be the perfect, polished self they want to be all in one moment. But it takes time to get where we want to be and we're all a work in progress and will be until the day we die. And it's okay if we haven't reached that one perfect moment yet and there's no point in rushing it. It will all come in it's own time and what's most important is taking in the moment, one day at a time, good or bad, and pressing forward. . . always forward, finding joy in all the little things we have been blessed with and being gentle with ourselves for all the little things that aren't quite perfect yet.
And so this week I'm looking at the eggs in the incubator, and the grass growing on our kitchen table with the homemade pinwheels stuck in the dirt, and the half read book on the end table, listening to Denver sing his little tunes, pushing his trucks all over the house and watching Hunter and Noah build mega machines with the lego, feeling little baby butterfly kicks in my belly, and snuggling in close to Mark at night with a roof over our heads as the rain pours down and the laundry piles up and the toilets still need scrubbed and the bills need paid and I think. . . everything is just the way it should be and it is all okay.
posted by Shana # 9:09 AM 
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