these are days...

.... to remember. OK. I'm not a very huge 10,000 Maniacs fan or anything, but I do like that song. Here:

These are the days you'll remember. Never before and never since, I promise, will the whole world be warm as this. And as you feel it, you'll know it's true that you are blessed and lucky. It's true that you are touched by something that will grow and bloom in you.

These are the days you'll remember. When May is rushing over you with desire to be part of the miracles you see in every hour. You'll know it's true that you are blessed and lucky. It's true that you are touched by something that will grow and bloom in you.

These are days. These are the days you might fill with laughter until you break. These days you might feel a shaft of light make its way across your face. And when you do you'll know how it was meant to be. See the signs and know their meaning. It's true, you'll know how it was meant to be. Hear the signs and know they're speaking to you, to you.

See, when I was in college, this song was a hit. At least it was in my circles. I always liked this song, and at the time I imagined it was about being young, and learning to live on your own, finding yourself and your freedom, etc etc. And it was about all of that at the time.

Now when I hear it, it's like a whole new song. Now it's about having a family and cherishing the moments, the small things we might otherwise forget. It's funny how the same song can have different meaning for you at different times in your life.

This is why I started blogging. Not because of an enormous love for the 10,000 Maniacs, no.... but because these are the days. These days, right now, are the ones I want to remember. I want to document the small, silly things that happen as part of every day life. I'm pretty sure I'll remember baptisms and first communions, first steps and first words. But I don't want to forget the seemingly mundane: the silly arguments, The Boy running outside naked because he's too excited about his tricycle to be bothered with clothes. The sweet things The Babe will do to keep The Boy from being sad. The first time he said in his small sweet voice "Goodnight, Dizzy".

"you'll know it's true, that you are blessed and lucky". Thank you 10,000 Maniacs. I couldn't have said it better myself.