A question was posted on facebook from one of my friends "why did you have children"? I have been thinking about this and really can not tap back into my feelings of why when I am living the chaos of parenting. I know when we decided to have a baby that was just it. Have a baby. It really never set in that I would be parenting this baby. Raising this baby.

Let me share with you a song, by Bill Stains, that puts my answer to this question into music.

Child of mine, you are the wildest wind and the dearest dream
I will ever know.
Love's lasting light shines out from deep within this father's heart
As I watch you grow.

Child of mine, you are the break of dawn and the brightest star
I will ever know
Love's lasting light comes shining on and on from this mother's heart
As I watch you grow

Chorus
There is a road, and that road is all your own
But we are here, you need not walk alone.
To face, not fear each coming new unknown
Is the way to lift your wings

Child of mine, you are the sweetest song and the greatest gift
I will ever know.
Child of mine, where spirits fly above there is but one
that belongs to you.

So let it grow and it will thrive on love
For it is love that sees us through

You have the hands that will open up the doors
You have the hopes this world is waiting for
You are my own, but you are so much more
You are tomorrow on the wing,

Child of mine.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO5kOFM4ivk