"Watch you Grow"

I heard this song a few weeks after Emerson was born. It just hit me so hard and I love it. Take a listen.  There aren't too many places to hear it, but you can click here and on the right side and click on watch you grow and you can hear it.


Here are the lyrics:

They say it's wasting your life 

Stifling your potential 

They say it's burning your time 

Ruining your credentials 

Such a menial job 

Such an isolated post 

To be known as a Mom 

Could I dare to be  

Dare to be the one who 

Rocks a baby on her lap 

Holds him while he has his nap 

Wipe his scribbles off the wall 

Chase his giggles down the hall 

Kiss him when he skins his knee 

Make him laugh, sing him to sleep 

Though the world said go  

I'm glad I stayed to watch you grow 

"What do you do?" they ask 

"How do you make a living?" 

I drive a shuttle bus for 

Three very busy children 

Not a menial job 

Just a denigrated post 

To be known as a Mom 

Could I dare to be 

Dare to be the one who 

Cheers him on at Little League 

Listen as he learns to read 

Play the victim best I can 

When he says he's Superman 

Kiss him when he's scared at night 

Make him laugh, make it alright 

Though the world said go 

I'm glad I stayed to watch you grow 

For all that I have seen 

There is no other place  

I would rather be 

One day I'll... 

Watch him as he drives away 

Wish I had just one more day 

Pray I trained him well enough 

When he tells me he's in love 

Wonder how the years flew by 

Looking back, I will smile 

Though the world said go 

I will not regret  

Not even for one day 

That I stayed to watch you grow

I get so emotional when I hear this song.  I just hits me so hard.  I have boys and she sings about boys in this song.  I am so happy that I am staying to watch my boys grow.  I know that not everyone has the choice to be a stay at home mom, and that is hard.  My own mom has to work and I see how it hurts her to not be able to stay home and watch her kids grow.  I am so SO grateful that my husband works hard for our family and that I am able to stay home and share moments with my boys and have those special moments.  I am so thankful to be a mom and to have a special family and two sweet angels here on earth and one in Heaven watching over our family.  One of my New Years resolutions is to be a better mom, be more patient, and sit down and enjoy the sweet tender moments that happen everyday.