Marley & Me



No, not the movie...I mean me and my little miss!  We have a “song”!  Maybe she doesn’t know it, but maybe she does.  It’s been our song since she was 8 weeks old and we were visiting my sister, who was living in Florida at the time.  Hey, Soul Sister by Train came on the radio (or maybe it was on my sister’s ipod) and I remember it like it was yesterday!  Marley was being fussy, it was early afternoon, and she needed a nap.  I was walking back and forth with her in the kitchen area of my sister’s house, and the melody of this song was absolutely perfect…….soothed the little babe to sleep as I hummed along in her ear.


Every time after that, when I heard the song, the words kind of made more sense.  I know the song is more about lovers than it is about mother/daughter, but it fit us just the same.  I’d sing out loud to the song in the car.  I’d sing the song to Marley after bathtime, when we were getting jammies on (a crabby time in our house).  Shoot….I am (almost) reduced to tears every time I hear it.  Wouldn’t you know, that song played on my car ride to work on my first day back from maternity leave.  Blubbery, sobbing mess.  

It talks about “not wanting to miss a thing you do”…….and here I was, driving to work, about to miss, what seemed liked, everything that would be important. 

“Watching you is the only drug I need!”  And it’s true.  She is more entertaining than any party I’ve ever been at…….makes me smile and laugh more than anybody I’ve ever met.  Well, besides her daddy! 

“You give my life direction!”  Not that we were lost before, but Marley has brought meaning to our life that we never knew was there.  She has made us appreciate, and be grateful for, all the blessings we have, no matter how big or small. 

My “Soul Sister”, my baby girl that was somehow always meant to be mine!  I love her so much and have trouble thinking about having 2 babes…..how will the love grow, how is that possible?!  I can't help but get sad thinking that there is an end in sight to the just "Marley & Me" stage.  It breaks my heart that Marley will possibly feel mommy can't be there for her all the time like I used to.  A girlfriend explained to me that every mom feels like this before #2 comes along.  Her point that hit home the most is that having a second baby is not “taking something away” from your first born (attention/love/etc).  In the end, you are actually giving something to them……a sibling to grow old with, to love, to conspire against (hehe)!  I hope Marley feels that way when she meets her new brother.  And maybe she won’t at first……but I know she will just LOVE him to pieces, just like we will always love her!