What’s In A Decade
October 2, 2007
A lot can change in 10 years. Just my hair color/style alone has changed at least twice a year. It’s not until you have gremlins that you realize how psychotically fast time passes. This week my firstborn, Chaz (a.k.a Socrates) turns the big One-O. And there’s a whole slew of funny things I could tell you about that guy, but as I was thumbing through his mountain of firstborn pics, my brain started working and I had The Best Idea!
You know how I feel about slideshows. Nothing says It better than music and images, in my opinion. But there’s a few things I’d like you to know about this special one I made for Chaz.
The song: my man and I wrote it almost 10 years ago. I wrote the words the night of Chaz’s 1st birthday. He was in bed, asleep and I had one of my first moments of time-passing panic. So I went in and got him out of his crib (first time mom) and took him to my bed to cuddle with him one last time for the day. He was such a good baby, he always went right back to sleep.
But after that, God showed me the age old comparison of our love towards our children vs. His love for us. Yes, it’s really very different when you get right down to it, but on a human level, it’s all we have. I’d never really thought of having children much as a young person and so this feeling of unexplainable proportions had really thrown me for a loop. And when I realized that God the Father loves us like that–times infinity, it revolutionized my heart.
So I wrote a song about it. And the reason I’m using it with Chaz’s 10 birthday slideshow is because he was what God used to open my eyes to His heart.
**some technical tidbits: if the video is choppy, try pausing it and letting it load fully. And if some of the photos are blurry, my apologies. Scanning photos is NOT my forte.
Entry Filed under: Music, My progress as a pilgrim, family. Tags: birthdays, family, God, Music, songwriting.
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Cindy | October 2, 2007 at 9:18 pm
So beautiful, friend. And I loved your last sentence…he was what God used…
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Mycrazylife | October 2, 2007 at 10:26 pm
Oh my gosh! I love that! And you already know how much I LOVE that song you wrote! That was so cool! And I love all those pictures of your little, big guy!!!
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Emily | October 3, 2007 at 1:14 am
I loved your song. It’s really annoying though that someone can have that much artistic talent. Singing/composing AND art? sheesh….save something for the rest of us.
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Amy | October 3, 2007 at 8:34 am
You are so very talented. What a beautiful tribute to your son.
Happy Birthday Chaz!!
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bethdube | October 3, 2007 at 12:54 pm
I loved this. What a beautiful song! Doesn’t a “decade” sound so much older then just plain old “10″? My oldest just turned 6 the other day and it feels so weird.
beth
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Gayle | October 3, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Beautiful song. I always cry at the photo montage slide shows set to music. Yours was no exception.
So is there anything you can’t do? (Just to make me feel better.)
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Sarah | October 3, 2007 at 10:43 pm
You and I really do have a lot in common. I make slideshows, my dh is a guitar player and song writer and my oldest is turning 10 in less than a year. Your slideshow and song were so sweet, almost made me cry. Happy 10th to Chaz!
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tam | October 4, 2007 at 12:47 pm
I’m with Gayle, I always get emotional with pics set to song! Says a lot about the power of music too! Beautiful song. Beautiful melody!