And Then There Were Three

"For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord; I sing for joy at what your hands have done." Psalm 92:4

My son is two weeks old today. My son.

Just those words are miraculous.
But the real flesh, blood, and soul are beyond my comprehension. I heard the advice. I listened to the experienced. But never in my wildest dreams did I believe something so natural that occurs so often could be seen as surreal.
It's all true... You don't know until it happens to you. And when it does, nothing else matters more than that being in which God created specifically for you.

These last 14 days have disappeared into a nursing, sleep deprived, dirty diaper haze and I remind myself to stare into his eyes, to relish his skin on my skin, and to not take these moments for granted because they are truly ONCE in our lifetime. So I will continue to weep tears onto his smooth cheeks and vow not to miss this.

I thought I'd share my birth story. I thought wrong.
Despite the fact, I would like to and have forgotten a good portion of the 50+ hours of labor I spent on my hands and knees moaning through painful uterine contractions that never seemed to progress or digress, the actual birth is as vivid and glorious as one would hope. And it's uniquely mine to keep.

13 songs...
57 minutes and 31 seconds

That's how long it took from my bag of waters breaking to his sweet shoulders slipping into this world and straight into my loving arms. And I've got his arrival set list committed to memory.


Natural Mystic 3:26  Bob Marley
Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye 6:28 The Black Crowes

Joey 4:11 Concrete Blonde
Warehouse 7:06 Dave Matthews Band
Welcome To The Boomtown 5:32 David & David
Roadhouse Blues 4:04 The Doors
Honeysuckle Blue 4:51 Drivin 'N' Cryin
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters 5:01 Elton John
Me And The Devil Blues 2:56 Eric Clapton
You Turn Me On I'm A Radio 2:40 Joni Mitchell
Somebody's Baby 4:03 Jackson Browne
Dog Days Are Over 4:13 Florence + The Machine
Psycho Killer 4:20 Talking Heads

Welcome my little Rock-N-Roller and into the soundtrack of my life.

**Bonus Nursing Tracks
Mr. Brownstone
Do You Wanna Touch Me?
Cowboy
Pow Pow
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