Oh, I am Such a Sap!

I used to never cry over things that didn't affect me personally. But, since I had kids, I cry over everything, it seems! Is that just the softening of motherhood or is it a chemical/hormonal thing that changes when you go through the wonders of pregnancy and childbirth?

Anyways, if you have ever heard the Mark Schultz song "Walking Her Home", you know that it is sad and maybe it has reduced you to tears as well. It's similar to the movie ending of The Notebook, if you haven't heard the song. After the first time or two of hearing it when it first came out, and knowing that it would make me cry, I refused to listen to it. I love Mark Schultz and the song is beautiful, but I can't just burst into tears any time it comes on the radio. I don't remember exactly when it came out, but it has to have been 2+ years that I have been turning the station dial when I hear the beginning of that song. We got in the car to go to church tonight and I was trying to put on my makeup. The song was on the radio, but I didn't think it would bother me because I know the words, they aren't going to surprise me, and it's been over two years! But, as soon as it got to that last verse, to my surprise, the tears started flowing. Chris looked at me funny and I mumbled, "I can't listen to that song. It does that to me every time!" I think he gets it because, quite honestly, my big brute of a husband cried at the end of The Notebook too!

Maybe I should reproduce the lyrics here, in case you don't know the song:

Mark Schultz - Walking Her Home

Looking back
He sees it all
It was her first date the night he came to call

Her dad said son
Have her home on time
And promise me you'll never leave her side
He took her to a show in town
And he was ten feet off the ground

(Chorus)
He was walking her home
And holding her hand
Oh the way she smiled it stole the breath right out of him
Down that old road
With the stars up above
He remembers where he was the night he fell in love
He was walking her home

Ten more years and a waiting room
At half past one
And the doctor said come in and meet your son

His knees went weak
When he saw his wife
She was smiling as she said he's got your eyes

And as she slept he held her tight
His mind went back to that first night

(Chorus)
He was walking her home
And holding her hand
Oh the way she smiled it stole the breath right out of him
Down that old road
With the stars up above
He remembers where he was the night he fell in love
He was walking her home

He walked her through the best days of her life
Sixty years together and he never left her side

A nursing home
At eighty-five
And the doctor said it could be her last night
And the nurse said Oh
Should we tell him now
Or should he wait until the morning to find out

But when they checked her room that night
He was laying by her side

Oh he was walking her home
And holding her hand
Oh the way she smiled when he said this is not the end
And just for a while they were eighteen
And she was still more beautiful to him than anything
He was walking her home
He was walking her home

Looking back
He sees it all
It was her first date the night he came to call