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In Which We Have a Song in Our Heart

Every time I've had a newborn, I have chosen a song that belongs to them. There is nothing particularly special about this little ceremony, it is simply that in my heart, this song reminds me of my sweet little newborn. 

For my dear firstborn I chose So This is Love from Disney's Cinderella. This song's sweet lyrics perfectly captured how motherhood deeply changed my understanding of what love looks like. So much more than flowers and romantic gestures, love is about sacrifice, and motherhood is the very picture of pouring out your own life for the sake of another. 
So this is love, hmmm, so this is love.So this is what makes life divine.I'm all aglow, hmmm, and now I know,the key to all heaven is mine.My heart has wings, hmmm, and I can fly.I'll touch every star in the sky.So this is the miracle that I've been dreaming of.Hmmm, so this is love. 
My bundle of non-stop energy Grayson gets a swingy "Glee" version of Dream a Little Dream of Me.  It was a song on our special nursing mix Aunt Jenna had made for us just after Grayson's birth. Something about these lyrics speak perfectly into the melancholy feeling I have always had knowing that my boy will not always belong to me. Yes, he will always be my little boy, but someday, God willing, he will grow into a man and he will "...leave his father and mother and be united to his wife." One of those beautiful mysteries that led me to choose this wistful song to be his. 
Stars shining bright above you
Night breezes seem to whisper I love you
Birds singing in the sycamore tree
Dream a little dream of me
Say night-ie night and kiss me
Just hold me tight and tell me you'll miss me
While I'm alone and blue as can be
Dream a little dream of me
Stars fading but I linger on, dear
Still craving your kiss
I'm longing to linger till dawn, dear
Just saying this
Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you
Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you
But in your dreams whatever they be
Dream a little dream of me
Finally, for little Madi-mouse, I chose Secret Love as sung by Doris Day in Calamity Jane. Madi is my mini-me. She was and continues to be an absolute surprise. There is something about her...she is my little secret, my just a shade shy but ready to take on the roller coasters of the world, sing your heart out and dance when no one's looking baby girl. 

Once I had a secret loveThat lived within the heart of meAll too soon my secret loveBecame impatient to be freeSo I told a friendly starThe way that dreamers often doJust how wonderful you areAnd why I am so in love with youNow I shout it from the highest hillsEven told the golden daffodilsAt last my heart's an open doorAnd my secret love's no secret anymore


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