525,600 Minutes

I've had a song tumbling around in my head since I heard it again this week. The Stafford High School choir performed "Seasons of Love" at its spring concert. The song is from the Broadway musical, "Rent," which I've never seen, but the song transcended the stage.

Having songs on automatic mental repeat is normal for me. Thankfully, this one has both a beautiful melody line and message. And, as it has underscored my days since Monday night, I've thought about how it perfectly illustrates this coming weekend for me.

Brent & his dog he named Lucky, because he was so lucky to have him.

Brent has a birthday on Saturday. For 26 years, I've shared Mother's Day weekend with a special guy. Each of those years represents 525,600 minutes. How do we measure a year?

 Seasons Of Love

Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes

Five hundred twenty five thousand moments so dear

Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes

How do you measure, measure a year?

in daylight,

 in sunsets,

in midnights,

in cups of coffee,

in inches, in miles,

Photo by Gina Dreher

 in laughter, 

in strife

Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes

How do you measure a year in a life?

How about love?

How about love?

How about love?

Measure in love...

Seasons of love...

seasons of love...

Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes

Five hundred twenty five thousand journeys to plan

Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes

Photo by Stan Reimer, Pratt

How do you measure a life of a woman or a man?

In truths that she learned

Photo by Gina Dreher, Wichita

or in times that she cried

 

in bridges he burned

or the way that she died

It's time now to sing out 

though the story never ends

Let's celebrate - 

remember a year in a life of friends

My Mom and me

Remember the love...

(oh, you gotta remember the love) 

Randy and his mom, Marie, March 1956

Remember the love...

(oh yeah, it's a gift from up above)

Remember the love...

(sing out, give out, measure your life in love)

Seasons of love...

Photo by Emily Brensing of Emily J Photography

seasons of love...

Happy Mother's Day to my Mom, to my daughter, Jill, and all the women who have played such a vital role in my life. I'm also remembering my mother-in-law, Marie, and the Grandmas in my life who'll be waiting at heaven's gates.  I've been blessed beyond measure!

Enjoy the beautiful song, if you'd like!