How Easily I Slip Your Mind by Saralee Sky

Here are the lyrics to a song I just wrote, after my oldest son forgot to visit me on his last trip to Bellingham from Seattle. It quickly evolved to be more than just about the missed visit, and has changed from a sad ballad to a reggae song! My partner, Jer, created the melody and helped to rearrange the lyrics to suit a reggae beat.

How Easily I Slip Your Mind by Saralee Sky and Jerry Kilgore

How easily, how easily,

How easily, how easily,

How easily I slip your mind.

I look at you - you look away.

How easily love slips away.

How easily I slip your mind.

How easily, how easily,

How easily, how easily,
How easily I slip your mind.

Bridge:

A flower blooms and gives no sign

That beauty fades away in time.

Like petals falling from the vine,

I slip your mind.

How easily we drift apart.

How easily you break my heart.

How easily I slip your mind.

How easily, how easily,

How easily, how easily,
How easily I slip your mind.

I slip your mind.

I slip your mind.

I slip your mind.

In Honor of Mother's Day

I love pithy quotes, so much so, that in Babynut's newsletter, Nutsense, I include a regular feature called In A Nutshell, containing wise and witty quotes which help to define and support motherhood and life. In honor of this Mother's Day I offer here a collection of some of my most recently discovered and prized quotes for your edification and enjoyment.

Remember this always: The living of your own life writes the book of your most sacred truth, and offers evidence of it. Neale Donald Walsch

Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life reveals just the opposite: that letting go is the real path to freedom. Sogyal Rinpoche

Something precious is lost if we rush headlong into the details of life without pausing for a moment to pay homage to the mystery of life and the gift of another day. Kent Nerburn

I have reached a point in my life where I understand the pain and the challenges; and my attitude is one of standing up with open arms to meet them all. Myrlie Evers

The world is holy. We are holy. All life is holy. Daily prayers are delivered on the lips of breaking waves, the whisperings of grasses, the shimmering of leaves. Terry Tempest Williams

So much has been given to me; I have no time to ponder over that which has been denied. Helen Keller

Every time we affirm how special our children are to us for being themselves, we’re helping them grow into adults who rejoice in the diversity of the world’s people. Mister Rogers

May the sun bring you new energy by day, may the moon softly restore you by night, may the rain wash away your worries, may the breeze blow new strength into your being. Apache Blessing

A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five. Groucho Marx