[AMom2Two]

I know there is a thread like this in the birth family support forum. I've enjoyed reading the songs there but thought it would be helpful to start our own thread for aparent songs.

Please share with us your favorite songs.

I'll go first....

Child of Mine
by Emmylou Harris
Album 'Til there Eye's Shine, the Lullaby Album

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Although you see the world different than me
Sometimes I can touch upon the wonders that you see
All the new colors and pictures you've designed
Oh yes, sweet darling
So glad you are a child of mine

Child of mine, child of mine
Oh yes, sweet darling
So glad you are a child of mine

You don't need direction
you know which way to go
And I don't want to hold you back
I just want to watch you grow
You're the one who taught me
you don't have to look behind
Oh yes sweet darling
so glad you are a child of mine

Child of mine, child of mine
Oh yes, sweet darling,
So glad you are child of mine

Nobody's gonna to kill your dreams
Or tell you how to live your life
They'll always be people
to make it hard for awhile
But you'll change their heads when
they see you smile.

The time you were born in
may not have been the best
But you can make the times to come
better then the rest
I know you will honest
if you can't always be kind
Oh yes, sweet darling
So glad you are a child of mine.

child of mine, child of mine
oh yes, sweet darling
so glad you are a child of mine.

[AMom2Two]

Daddy's Little Girl
by Joy Saunders Lundberg

(1st verse)
My little baby daughter, you’re Daddy’s little girl.
You give a whole new meaning to my busy crazy world.

You make my heart so happy the way you smile at me.
Your little eyes start dancing and then I can clearly see.

The things that really matter aren’t praises I have known,
But all the joy I’m feeling when I walk into our home,
For then my work-day troubles all vanish in a whirl,
‘Cause I get hugs and kisses from Daddy’s little girl.

(2nd verse)
I’d seen so many daddies and longed to be as they,
To have my own dear daughter to watch over every day.
And then this little bundle so beautiful and new
Was giv’n to us by someone who knew we needed you.

I knew from that first moment that nothing I could say
Could quite express the feeling how you stole my heart away.
You cheeks were soft and tender, I loved your tiny curls.
There was no doubt about it, you were Daddy’s little girl.

(3rd verse)
With every day that passes like waves upon the sea,
I cherish every moment as you grow more dear to me.
I always will remember the times we laughed and played,
The times I helped you practice to be good and to obey.

Too soon will come the season when you’ll be all grown up
And bringing joy to others as you also fill their cup.
You have a happy future to live in this big world,
But don’t forget, you’ll always be Daddy’s little girl.

(Tag)
So dance with me, my baby, we’ll do a little twirl
To celebrate the fact that you are Daddy’s little girl.


Credits: Lyrics from the Adoption Album Do You Have a Little Love to Share
Produced by Adoption Media
All words and music copyright © 2005 Janice Kapp Perry and Joy Saunders Lundberg

[AMom2Two]

I Gave You More
by Joy Saunders Lundberg

A voice beyond the world we know, a quiet whisper from above,
Directed me to sacrifice and give you more than just my love.
A father’s and a mother’s care is what you needed, little one;
A home that’s bound by sacred vows, where God directs what should be done.

(Chorus)
So I opened wide the door
So I could give you more,
A father’s and a mother’s love,
All that I’d been dreaming of,
A place of peace for you,
Where hopes and dreams come true.
A need my heart could not ignore.
I let you go to give you more.

At times my arms still feel the ache to hold you close and comfort you,
But deep inside I’ve always known I did what God would have me do.
I knew somehow that other arms were chosen by divine decree
To nurture you with tender love and graft you in their family tree.

(Repeat Chorus)

Now as you grow and live your life, please savor each new welcomed day,
Expressing gratitude for all the gifts of love that come your way.
But keep one gift within in your heart, and I will keep within mine, too,
That I, who gave you birth and life, will always love and pray for you.

(Repeat Chorus, then
I let you go,
Please always know,
I let you go to give you more.

Credits: Lyrics from the Adoption Album Do You Have a Little Love to Share
Produced by Adoption Media
All words and music copyright © 2005 Janice Kapp Perry and Joy Saunders Lundberg

[HBV]

Our bmom's dad made us a lovely gift before we left the hospital---a DVD of photos of bmom and family growing up, interspersed w/ photos from the hospital of us and the baby. He set the slide show to Elton John's "Blessed."

Made us all cry. Still does.

[timni]

Broken Road by rascal flatts

[Brittmomto3]

Let them be little

[ajjhmf]

My best friend wrote us a song when our son was placed with us. It's called "The Blessing." She sang it to us at our shower and has since recorded an album with it on it. (PM me for the website if you'd like to actually hear it. )

The Blessing
©2003 Jennifer C. Shaw

In the days before I even dreamed of a child
And in the nights before I knew your name
The Lord knew you; He meant you for me all the while
And now my life will never be the same

In His word He said He knit you together
He planned your smile and every hair on your head
His love for you is so infinite and tender
He gave His son to stand in your stead

CHORUS:
You are a blessing
It is an honor
That the Lord has given me to you
So I will cherish my wonderful blessing,
For that’s the life work the Lord has given me to do.

And though it seemed impossible to bear the time
It stretched so long, seeming endless in its span
When they gave me you and I finally knew that you were mine
I saw it clear: the perfection of God’s plan.

CHORUS

You are a blessing.
It is an honor
That the Lord has given me to you.
So I will cherish, and remember
The Lord’s love for me when I look at you.

[srusse24]

I love love love "Broken Road" by Rascal Flatts.

Also "Lullaby" by Dixie Chicks.

[KristineM]

The one that always gets me is "I Hope You Dance" by Lee Ann Womack. Our daughters birthmother wrote in a letter stating that she would always think of her when she hears that song, and now so do I.

Also "In My Daughters Eyes" Martina McBride.

[mom2GRLC]

My 4 year old daughter just did her ballet recital to "Let them be Little". So it is a VERY special song to me.

I also love the song "the broken road" it always makes me cry.

I also like the song " I am so blessed...and i feel like I've found my way....I thank God for all I've been given and the end of every day I have been blessed.....etc etc Not sure what the title is or who sings it???? But I always find myself singing it hen I'm really feeling truly blessed.

[Bug-n-Bears-Mommy]

Celine Dion Miracle...not only that, but the book that she and Anne Geddes put together to accompany it...BEAUTIFUL!

[mom2GRLC]

There is one special song i really love but I can't find who it is made by or what the song is called...but it goes kinda like this....

Her momma drank all day and her daddy did drugs. never wanted to play or give kisses and hugs.

And just like it always does the bad just got worst. With every push and every curse.

Her dady came home drank one night pulled a gun on her mom and then took his life.

She was hiding behind her couch

Then some people from the city took her far away to a new Mom and a New Dad kisses and hugs everyday.

First day of sunday school her teacher walks in holding a picture of him. She said I know that man up on that cross I don't know his name but I know he got off. cause he was there in my old house kept me close to his side. As we hid there behind my couch the night that my parents died.

I know that itsn't all right....it's been a while since I've heard it. But maybe one of you might know what song I'm talking about and who the title and author might be.

[Weezyreid]

That is John Micheal Montgomery...think the title is The little Girl
I love God Bless this Broken Road, and I hope you dance.
Louise

[dawnrenee58]

I have a neat story about a song. My husband and I were in process to adopt a baby boy from Nicaragua. Things were not going well, and I did not know what to do. I am a teacher, and I was at school in class when I just KNEW that I had to go down to Nicaragua. I had no reason; my lawyer said I probably would not even get into the orphanage to see my son.
I went anyways, 3 weeks later. I was able to get in to see Timo. In fact, I was issued and open pass for the days I was there. I spent about 7 hours a day with him.
I was leaving to come home when I got a call from my lawyer. Our paperwork had been approved, and we were officially going to adopt this baby. Also, the gov't had offered to let me foster him until we got the final adoption decree. I was ecstatic! Finally, after all of our issues here, it was happening! This call had come while I was in the orphanage saying goodbye. I told him a much happier, "See you in a few weeks," and went out to my car. The driver turned it on, and on the radio was Celine Dion's song to her baby boy (I still don't know the title. Does anyone??). I sobbed. God has really let me feel his presence lately. He put all of this in motion, and even when I thought it would never happen, He was there. He is here now! I am in Nicaragua with my son!!
So, I now have a song for my baby. I wish I could get the CD here, but I will ahve to wait until I get back home!!

[ggman]

I like to listen to the 'wood song' by the indigo girls... not because it makes me think of how great my son in Haiti is, but because it reminds me that most really great things in our lives come at something of a struggle-- but they are SO worth it!

(And it's the sweet melodic voices of the indigo girls and their guitars... and a violin... you really can't beat it.)

The Wood Song-- the indigo girls

The thin horizon of a plan is almost clear,
my friends and I have had a tough time
bruising our brains hard up against change;
all the old dogs and the magician

Now I see we're in the boat in two-by-twos,
only the heart that we have for a tool we could use
and the very close quarters are hard to get used to;
love weighs the hull down with it's weight

Chorus:
But the wood is tired, and the wood is old,
and we'll make it fine, if the weather holds.
But if the weather holds, we'll have missed the point;
that's where I need to go.

No way construction of this tricky plan
was built by other than a greater hand
with a love that passes all our understanding
watching closely over the journey, yeah

But what it takes to cross the great divide
seems more that all the courage I can muster up inside.
But we get to have some answers when we reach the other side
The rise is always worth the rocky ride.

Chorus:
But the wood is tired, and the wood is old,
and we'll make it fine, if the weather holds.
But if the weather holds, we'll have missed the point;
that's where I need to go.

Sometimes I ask to sneak a closer look;
skip to the final chapter of the book
and then maybe steer us clear from some of the pain it took
to get us where we are this far.

But the question drowns in it's futility,
even I have got to laugh at me.
No one gets to miss the storm of what will be
just holding on for the ride.

Chorus:
But the wood is tired, and the wood is old,
and we'll make it fine, if the weather holds.
But if the weather holds, we'll have missed the point;
that's where I need to go.