Kristie writes:
I only discovered this song as summer ended last year (another thankyou to Greenbelt), as I was anticipating the departure of my firstborn for university. The words resonated, I was missing her and she hadn’t even left.
Hey hey I’m thinking I’ll miss you
Hey hey I already do
She has three guinea pigs I was entrusted to care for, and each week after she’d gone, I found cleaning them out a bittersweet experience – doing something for her even tho she was no longer here, really feeling her absence, and also wishing she was here to be cleaning up the guinea poo herself! And so part of the ritual became playing this song whilst I did it, thinking about my sweetheart having the best days of her life.
These days are now the best days of your life
Don’t waste that worry honey, on other people’s fights
Dig hard
Be kind
Live long
And grow, grow, grow honey!
The words summed up some of my wishes for her – to not waste her energy on that which is not hers to worry about, something I think some of us can be tempted by!
And if the moment will cost me dearly
I’m digging deep for you
And there was also a reminder to me – I think letting go can feel like it’s costing us dearly, and we do have to dig deep into our emotional reserves, but we grow as a result.
Press you thumbs into my shoulders
And mark indelibly
So I can look whenever I’m lonely
And know you’re part of me
I know that there are indelible marks imprinted in my body and soul by my daughter and I’ve been grateful for them when I have found the separation hard. It’s been a tricky year to be apart, yet we’ve found new ways of relating (hurrah for video calling, and for being able to send all kind of loveliness through the post).
And she’s back home now…
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