The Blink of an Eye

It was late, late August, hot and sticky, an evening that Brendan and I found ourselves just sitting around, full of energy but not full of plans. 

I noticed the local skating rink was having an 80s music night and begged Brendan to go for an hour.  

On the car ride there we listened to Iron & Wine's first album The Creek Drank the Cradle.  The song was Upward Over the Mountain.

This line came on and I cried:

Mother remember the blink of an eye that I breathed through your body.

Then, being me, I had to start the song again just so I could cry to that line again.

Little did I know that I was already pregnant and was indeed experiencing that blink of an eye.  

I listened to that song again today and wept.  That blink of an eye is almost over.