Goodnight My Angel

The house is finally quiet and there's a quality to the stillness that rejuvenates my soul. After a long weekend following a very long week, I need this silence. The pain I saw on a number of fronts these past seven days was enough to make me want to give up on the human race.

Tonight I was thinking about the babies who grow up to be adults who do unbelievable things. I was thinking of the babies who have had to live through those unbelievable things too.

They all start out as babies who need love and care in their lives. Some of them don't get it. Some of them break. And some of them seem ok and grow older, then they break.

In the midst of all this "thinking," this song starts playing on the computer.

Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel)

Goodnight, my angel
Time to close your eyes
And save these questions for another day
I think I know what you've been asking me
I think you know what I've been trying to say
I promised I would never leave you
And you should always know
Wherever you may go
No matter where you are
I never will be far away

Goodnight, my angel
Now it's time to sleep
And still so many things I want to say
Remember all the songs you sang for me
When we went sailing on an emerald bay
And like a boat out on the ocean
I'm rocking you to sleep
The water's dark and deep
Inside this ancient heart
You'll always be a part of me

Goodnight, my angel
Now it's time to dream
And dream how wonderful your life will be
Someday your child may cry
And if you sing this lullabye
Then in your heart
There will always be a part of me

Someday we'll all be gone
But lullabies go on and on...
They never die
That's how you
And I
Will be

Billy Joel

Sometimes life is just unfair to the children.