Slipping Through My Fingers

Julia and I were walking down the hallway to the cafeteria on her first day of school this year.  We were holding hands and talking about having a good first day.  She was being so much braver than she was the year before as a kindergartner.  She knew where she was going and she held her head high and proud while were walking and talking.  Anyway, this song came to mind while I left the school building, walking towards my car.   

This comes from a favorite musical in our household. The kids absolutely LOVE "Mamma Mia." I bought the Broadway Original Cast Album soundtrack at a garage sale this summer for 99 cents. (steal)  In the musical, the mom, Donna, is singing this while spending time with her daughter, Sophie, before her wedding.  Julia & I sometimes sing the line that's my favorite.  I like the song for the reflective feeling, not as a sad song.   

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. 
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Do I really see what's in her mind?  Each time I think I'm close to knowing, she keeps on growing.
Slipping through my fingers all the time.
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I try to capture every minute, the feeling in it.
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Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture and save it from the funny tricks of time. (my favorite line)

Slipping through my fingers--

I know it's a goofy picture, but that's us.  Julia & Jennifer at the Mayborn Planetarium.  2 Cool chics!