"Stop Time"

This song has always made me teary, but now it brings great heaving sobs. :) I feel like every time I put her to bed for the night she wakes up a new little person. Eldon loves to see her change and grow but I'm in mourning about it a little bit. Sometimes I just stare at her trying to memorize every feature of her face before it changes. It's harder than I thought it would be to see them grow up. Now I understand why my mom would cry about it. I love you, Mamma...

Two months old, he looks up at me.
How his smile melts your heart,
You want to say, "Stop, time"
Don't move on.
Even as you watch that look is gone.
Then he's two, such a little man.
So alive and so smart,
Again you say, "Stop, time"
Stay just this way.
But the future comes ... and he can't stay.
Nobody warns you of this parent's paradox.
You want your kid to change and grow.
But when he does, another child you've just begun to know
Leaves forever.
Birthdays fly - 7, 8, 9, 10.
Every kid he becomes you clutch and say "Stop, time"
Hold this one fast ...
But it's not supposed to last.
And that time has come and passed.
For he's growing,
And he has to go.
If I had only stopped the clock four weeks ago,
Somehow had frozen time right there,
He'd still be here, I'd see his face,
I'd hold him in my arms
Safe forever.
It can't be that he's reached thirteen.
Now the real changes start ...
But he's not here.
"Stop, time"
Don't rush life so.
Bring him back,
And then I'll let him go ...