since knowing kenny, he has introduced me to some of the better musicals out there, and i know i've mentioned this before, but this story has a different point, i promise.
one by-product of knowing a lot of musicals is the constant singing in our house. from kenny to me, to the boys...there is always humming, singing, wannabe belting (on my part, of course!). there is one song from
Side Show that i sang to the boys a year ago and found
a video of the song for them on youtube. within a day, they knew the chorus by heart:
i will never leave you!
i will never go away...
we were meant to share each moment
beside you is where i will stay.
evermore and always
we'll be one though we're two
for i will never leave you!
the other day, i was rushing to get the kids out the door and rowan still hadn't put his shoes on yet. the other two boys were ready to go at the front door and i looked back at rowan sitting on the kitchen floor getting his shoes on as i started out the front with the other two. rowan said, "remember, mommy? that song...i will never leave you...?" of course, i dropped everything and waited another few minutes with him as he put his shoes on.
again, last night, rowan and i were having some one-on-one time as i took him "school shopping" and to a bookstore. we were sitting at the table of barnes and noble sharing a "strawberries and creme" when he brought the song up again: "i love that song, mommy, do you know why? because it makes me feel happy inside."
what am i going to do with his precious little self???