Moms live in a world of mixed messages. On one hand, we hear the world shouting “Hurry, hurry! Don’t miss this opportunity, or that opportunity…” And on the other hand, we hear a still small voice urging us to slow our pace and choose to forgo some things for the choice of something better.
Tender moments come when we least expect them, but we can expect to experience more of them when we make a conscious effort to find and choose the things that last.
I wrote this song for moms like us. Women who don’t want to miss a thing, but just might miss the most important things…for the world. It was inspired by a short poem published in The Friend magazine in October 2000 by Rachelle Dow called, “What Lasts.” Sadly, very few things actually do.
Ice cream melts,
Flowers wilt,
The leaves of autumn fall.
Sunsets fade,
Seasons change,
And children don’t stay small.
Bubbles pop,
Snowfalls drop,
Do summers last?
Never!
Weekends fly,
Today will die,
But families are forever.
Carpools come and money goes,
New fads, they seem so strange.
Trials end and more begin,
We learn to rearrange.
Catch a cold, and we grow old,
But storms of life we weather,
‘Cause we understand the plan,
That families are forever.
Oh, don’t miss it for the world!
Don’t get swept away.
Eternity depends
On what we do today
Let’s not miss it for the world.
Please don’t miss it for the world…
(Rachelle F. A. Dow, “What Lasts?,” Friend, Oct 2000, 24)
