Slipping through my fingers

Today marks Celestra's first day of Middle School. It's hard to believe my baby girl is already at this point in her life. Just 6 years ago she was a little girl off to her first day of Kindergarten...

Celestra on her first day of Kindergarten

Celestra on her first day of Middle School

All I have to add to that is 1) Man my girl has grown up fast and 2) these lyrics seem entirely too appropriate so...

Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning

Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile

I watch her go with a surge of that well-known sadness

And I have to sit down for a while

The feeling that Im losing her forever

And without really entering her world

Im glad whenever I can share her laughter

That funny little girl

Slipping through my fingers all the time

I try to capture every minute

The feeling in it

Slipping through my fingers all the time

Do I really see whats in her mind

Each time I think Im close to knowing

She keeps on growingSlipping through my fingers all the time

Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the breakfast table

Barely awake, I let precious time go by

Then when shes gone theres that odd melancholy feeling

And a sense of guilt I cant deny

What happened to the wonderful adventures

The places I had planned for us to go(slipping through my fingers all the time)

Well, some of that we did but most we didnt

And why I just dont know

Slipping through my fingers all the time

I try to capture every minute

The feeling in it

Slipping through my fingers all the time

Do I really see whats in her mind

Each time I think Im close to knowing

She keeps on growingSlipping through my fingers all the time

Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture

And save it from the funny tricks of time

Slipping through my fingers...Slipping through my fingers all the time

Schoolbag in hand she leaves home in the early morning

Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile...

Abba: Slipping through my Fingers

(also Mamma Mia soundtrack)