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Last month I forwarded the Wild Thornberrys’s song by Paul Simon to my friends with or trying to be with child(ren). Another one that I loved the minute I heard it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tHaGlTDYJw
Like so many of us, I am hitting that barrels of fun age where my peers are having astonishingly beautiful babies (Congrats to K&D! You are a Superwoman - 49 hrs!!!!), yet our parents and grandparents are falling gravely ill.
My custom is to donate to SPLC or Make a Wish Foundation in honor of those who have passed…and in recent years there have been too, too, many losses to commemorate.
Existential crises and opportunities to prioritize abound.
One of the most moving essays I have ever read was written by a woman past mid-life who had never regretted her decision to be childless - until her mother passed away. I could so relate. While lacking that procreative drive, I know that there is no relationship on earth like that exasperating one with one’s parents (assuming you are well-parented. I know not all of us had such luck). No one else is as interested in the lame mundane details of my life as my folks. (for the most part, thank goodness).
Thanks to S for giving me this song yrs. past.
It’s so simple and lovely, "Lullaby" and it takes Billy Joel 2 tries to get through it here, but be patient, it’s worth it.
And if you’re a parent, all the better! (those who accused me of making you teary-eyed at work -consider yourselves warned)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nprteZX80tk
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