Save the Last Dance
Sometimes before bed, my son Sam asks me to dance. On any given night, this could be a slow, twirly dance or a full-on, booty-shaking, disco-ball-worthy dance that inevitably pulls more family into his bedroom. Not as peaceful, but he does seem to like to end the evening with a good "Funkytown" rendition.
Last night, we were dancing to Jack Johnson, the first song on a CD we had created on my iTunes account. A CD, I might add, that we had also copied as a gift for a friend on the last day of Kindergarten. A girl.
"She's my GF, Mom."
"GF?" I had paused, a few days ago, during the explanation.
"Girlfriend," he said, as if I should have obviously known. "I told her on the bus."
He told her.
"Did she answer you?" I asked him.
"No."
Note: I am not biased AT ALL but Sam is a catch. Smart, cute and funny, so obviously she was just stunned into silence.
So when Sam wanted to make her a CD with his favorite songs, I acquiesced, thinking it an appropriate Kindergarten gift, and together we created the CD. (Or, as you and I might have called it once-upon-a-time, a "mix-tape.") The songs were cute, a nice mix of Sam-type songs and some dance tunes, and off it went on the last day of school. And a copy was made for Sam to keep, and thus inspired this conversation that we had last night, during our dance.
"I wonder if [GF] (name withheld for privacy
) is listening to her CD right now," Sam mused.
"Maybe," I speculated.
"What if she started her CD at the same time I started mine?" he asked.
"That really would be something," I said, still dancing.
He threw himself back on the bed, lost in some GF thoughts, dance over. So soon?
My other children did not have an early love, a GF or a BF. It's all very sweet and very innocent, but I know that all too soon will come a day when it means more, when a real GF truly is playing the CD at the same time, hearing the music, thinking of Sam's tumbling curls, his dimples, his eyes. He's so MINE right now, and I grab his little hands and hoist him up on the bed to dance with me again.
So much ahead, so much to look toward. But tonight, little boy, save the last dance for me.
Kindergarten Mix-Tape
We're Going To Be Friends — Jack Johnson
Magic — Pilot
Accidentally in Love (Theme from "Shreck 2") —Counting Crows
I'm Me and You're You — Laurie Berkner
Funkytown — Lipps, Inc.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow — Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Vacation — The Go-Go's
I'm Gonna Catch You — Laurie Berkner
Upside Down — Jack Johnson
Our House — Madness
Drive my Car — Laurie Berkner
Shake your Tail Feather — The Cheetah Girls
If I Had $1,000,000 — Barenaked Ladies
Walking on Sunshine — Aly & AJ
September — Earth, Wind and Fire
Last night, we were dancing to Jack Johnson, the first song on a CD we had created on my iTunes account. A CD, I might add, that we had also copied as a gift for a friend on the last day of Kindergarten. A girl.
"She's my GF, Mom."
"GF?" I had paused, a few days ago, during the explanation.
"Girlfriend," he said, as if I should have obviously known. "I told her on the bus."
He told her.
"Did she answer you?" I asked him.
"No."
Note: I am not biased AT ALL but Sam is a catch. Smart, cute and funny, so obviously she was just stunned into silence.
So when Sam wanted to make her a CD with his favorite songs, I acquiesced, thinking it an appropriate Kindergarten gift, and together we created the CD. (Or, as you and I might have called it once-upon-a-time, a "mix-tape.") The songs were cute, a nice mix of Sam-type songs and some dance tunes, and off it went on the last day of school. And a copy was made for Sam to keep, and thus inspired this conversation that we had last night, during our dance.
"I wonder if [GF] (name withheld for privacy
) is listening to her CD right now," Sam mused."Maybe," I speculated.
"What if she started her CD at the same time I started mine?" he asked.
"That really would be something," I said, still dancing.
He threw himself back on the bed, lost in some GF thoughts, dance over. So soon?
My other children did not have an early love, a GF or a BF. It's all very sweet and very innocent, but I know that all too soon will come a day when it means more, when a real GF truly is playing the CD at the same time, hearing the music, thinking of Sam's tumbling curls, his dimples, his eyes. He's so MINE right now, and I grab his little hands and hoist him up on the bed to dance with me again.
So much ahead, so much to look toward. But tonight, little boy, save the last dance for me.
Kindergarten Mix-Tape
We're Going To Be Friends — Jack Johnson
Magic — Pilot
Accidentally in Love (Theme from "Shreck 2") —Counting Crows
I'm Me and You're You — Laurie Berkner
Funkytown — Lipps, Inc.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow — Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Vacation — The Go-Go's
I'm Gonna Catch You — Laurie Berkner
Upside Down — Jack Johnson
Our House — Madness
Drive my Car — Laurie Berkner
Shake your Tail Feather — The Cheetah Girls
If I Had $1,000,000 — Barenaked Ladies
Walking on Sunshine — Aly & AJ
September — Earth, Wind and Fire
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