Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Mamma Mia!

Is it remaining hormones from the pregnancy or does everyone cry when they watch Mamma Mia!??

I'll tell you the moment that did me in. When Merrill Streep watches her daughter go up the mountain to get married and sings Slipping Through My Fingers.

"Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
I watch her go with a surge of that well-known sadness
And I have to sit down for a while.

The feeling that Im losing her forever
And without really entering her world
Im glad whenever I can share her laughter
That funny little girl

Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see whats in her mind
Each time I think Im close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time

Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the breakfast table
Barely awake, I let precious time go by
Then when shes gone theres that odd melancholy feeling
And a sense of guilt I cant deny
What happened to the wonderful adventures
The places I had planned for us to go(slipping through my fingers all the time)
Well, some of that we did but most we didnt
And why I just dont know

I wish that I could freeze the picture
And save it from the funny tricks of time
Slipping through my fingers...Slipping through my fingers all the time
Schoolbag in hand she leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile...

Aren't daughters just the best things in the world? I'll have to listen to that song every morning so that I remember what a blessing these years are. They're still home, still mine, and still think that I am cool.

2 comments:

Sylvia said...

It really shouldn't surprise you or anyone else that I haven't seen this...but it's one my "to watch" list.

LeeAnn said...

Okay-Kirsten's Chick Flick Night is on! First movie Mamma Mia-I think I even have it on my "Watch Instantly on TV" list via the XBox(now this is truly the best use of the XBox that I have ever seen!!!)