Friday, March 21, 2008

It's nothing as it seems . . . the little that you see . . . it's home . . .

I have written about musical touch points before and today on my bus ride to work I was reminded of another. “Nothing As It Seems,” from Pearl Jam’s album Binaural, came onto my iPod. This, more than so many of my other musical touch points, is truly deeply personal. This is the song I listened to almost daily during the 5 years my wife and I struggled to have our first child. The lyrics are so powerful. And at the time that I was listening to “Nothing As It Seems” regularly, the song helped me bridge the gap between our struggle to have a child and the deep love and connectivity I have always had with my wife. To me, she is the “home” in the song.

And today, we have two amazing, rockin’ kids—a four and a half year old boy and a nine and a half month old girl. This truly is home.

3 comments:

heather said...

hey thanks for referring me to this post. i have a four and a half year old son too, not sure if you knew that. born august 2003. it is a fun fun age right now.

thanks for your thoughts on this song.

Dynamic Meter said...

My son was born in July of 2003. We just took him to see Dan Zanes (of Del Fuegos fame) and what a super great show. I got the pleasure of interviewing Dan for the weekly paper here. What a cool guy. The interview is here: http://dynamicmeter.blogspot.com/2008/02/dan-zanes-going-where-fun-is.html

Danielle said...

A lovely post, Sweetie! Although it does mean I should probably listen to the song ...

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