Today our formerly frozen embryo graduated from 4th grade.
I can’t believe she is actually in the double digits. It seems like yesterday she was birth day minus 8/12 months (you know the beta confirmation date 2 weeks after your transfer but technically 6 weeks after a normal conception would have been calculated from, or something like that).
When she was first born, I was still writing and playing out a lot, and I wrote this song.
I can’t get it out of my head, so I thought I’d share it.
The time goes by way too fast.
Cherish it.
She Won’t Need You Like This For Long
3 a.m…she’s up again
To change and feed then try to get her back to sleep
Night and day both feel the same
Lord I never thought I’d drink this much caffeine
My mom and dad just smile every time that I complain
I swear they must be crazy saying “Enjoy this while you can”
She won’t need you like this for long
She won’t need you to sing those songs
Or read that book for the thousandth time
And look for signs of those sleepy eyes
She won’t need you to hold her hand
When she’s older around her friends
Yeah these moments will soon be gone
She won’t need you like this for long
First she talks and then she walks
And we thank God when she starts sleeping through the night
But the first time she said goodnight
Without me rocking her and singing lullabyes
I felt a little string inside my heart begin to break
I heard those words my parents said in those early sleepless days
She won’t need you like this for long
She won’t need you to sing those songs
Or read that book for the thousandth time
And look for signs of those sleepy eyes
She won’t need you to hold her hand
When she’s older around her friends
Yeah these moments will soon be gone
She won’t need you like this for long
Now I know why my parents cried on my graduation day
I treasure every second she says “Daddy can we play?”
She won’t need me like this for long
She won’t need me to sing those songs
Or read that book for the thousandth time
And look for signs of those sleepy eyes
She won’t need me to hold her hand
When she’s older around her friends
Yeah these moments will soon be gone
She won’t need me like this for long
©Words and Music Denny Ceizyk