This is our first visit together as a family - as the hospital finally allowed siblings to visit their loved ones. Our loved one was snuggled in the warmth of the three most beautiful girls I've ever seen. If you could have just seen how he relaxed and enjoyed being held by his sisters. The way Michailey calmed him was pure magic. It was as though she'd calmed a hundred other babies and this was just one more - she knew exactly how to love her brother.
After a couple of renditions of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", I realized that as out of tune as it was, it was sort of completely right for the moment. We're just a family of five that's sort of out of sync. We're missing a soldier. Nothing's going to feel right till we're sleeping under the same roof, with all three little ones tucked in a sleeping tight. Even when our girls stay the night at someone else's house, I, to this day, each and every time, sort of forget when I reach the top of the stairs and I still turn the corner into Michailey's room and see if she's OK. I still get down real close and listen to them breathe. Now our littlest one is pushing on on his own, each day, making progress inside himself. Well, his reinforcements are on the way. If he's anything like me, hugs from those two little girls (and the big one, too) are all I need to feel much, much better.
Some of you non country music fans are going to have to bear with me here. In fact, I've got a few friends reading this that are going to mark it down in their books that I indeed own some music like this - but the pictures should make up for the music if it doesn't work for you.
The story behind this song is self-evident when you hear the words. The problem is that we have to get Lonestar to add another line or two in to make it current. We're missing our little boy in this song. The thing about this song is that it always plays on my ipod as I land back home again after a trip away.
