Sunday, July 30, 2006

I'd Give My Life For You


I was 17 when I first learned that song, and 18 when I sang it in
public.  For most of the 16 or so years that I've been singing I'd Give My Life For You,
I really had no idea what I was singing about.  It was about the
lengths a mother would go to for her child... an experience that was
distant to me.  My singing was more informed than it was heartfelt,
something that I had to "reproduce" night after night.



Now though, I truly understand exactly what that song is about.



Everyday, as I go about my baby business... changing her, feeding her,
bathing her (and getting splashed when she kicks in the tub)... I take
one look at her and still am filled with a sense of great disbelief. 
Every so often I look over to Rob and exclaim, "I can't believe we did
this!"  Those chubby cheeks, the healthy legs, the hands that wrap
around my finger, the strong cry, those tufts of hair, and that
charming, engaging, totally disarming toothless smile.  Oh, I fall in
love over and over and over again every time, every minute, every
single day.



Now I understand.  I would do anything for her... I know that I would die for her. 



It's true what my other mommy and daddy friends said: "you don't know love until you have a child."

35 comments:

Jed Madela said...

awww... that's the sweetest!!!

francis reyes said...

sweeeeet!!!! ;)

Leila Bondoc said...

cutie! :-*

yenners saletrero-baquial said...

I totally agree..." I'd give my life for you " for my adorable baby. Nice that someone as successful as you chose the road to motherhood...More moments to take your breath away...

Mommy Iris said...

This post got me teary eyed. You see I have a daughter of 11 months and i feel the same way to her the way you feel toward Nic. It's this amazing, indescribable feeling that no words could express, it's like, aaawwww! I can't believe she's my daughter:) I never believed in selfless love until the first time i laid my eyes on Yona:)

mj tam said...

Isn't it great how children gives us a better meaning to everything?! My kids keep me blogging - how can I not yap about them. Anyway, I'm truly glad to have found your blog. When you get a chance, pls. come and visit my Mommy Blog @ http://wantsugar.blogspot.com

take care, mj

leah m said...

I always admired you as a singer and was just blog hopping a found your site... Well, congratulations are in order. Motherhood is indeed a wonderful experience. Good luck in your life. All the best.
http://leahmumfordlang.blogspot.com/

catherine teodoro said...

I have three kids of my own and raising them singlehandedly, I'd give my life for them!

xinyue yu said...

cute baby...
I'm really touched..that the first time was hearing the "I'd give my life for you"by Lea you...and now I really touched by the mommy's spirit...
thank everything that let me find your blog....my lovable performer...
hope the love,luck,health and all the wishes around you and your baby...

melany grecia-viajante said...

since the time i found out that you already got married and finally in your way to motherhood, am really excited to hear updates from the media about you! i'm your avid fan ever since i saw you on tv and now that i am a mother too i can relate to what you are feeling right now for your baby! its a very unexplainable feeling... everytime i see my babies i am really overjoyed! congratulations! i am very honored to have found your site... God bless!

Li'l Dove Feather said...

Suddenly, I want to have a baby...Nyek!!!!

Seriously, I believe what you said. Thought maybe I'd share this with you:

ODE TO GOD’S SPECIAL GIFT

Sometimes, when I think of it
I begin to understand
Love won’t simply come to end
You’re the angel heaven sent.

Sometimes, when I think of it
All the wounds just seem to heal
In a heartbeat, beyond will
Through the laughter of a friend.

Your little hands, they touch my heart
Your smile warms up the cold
The innocence in your eyes is food to my soul
Your voice, it sings to me a lovely melody
And I thank God for giving you to me.

Sometimes, when I think of it
You bring rainbows in my life
My angel, my friend
My little child.

Sometimes, when I think of it
God has blessed me with your love
Special present from above
All the wonders I can find.

Your little hands, they touch my heart
Your smile warms up the cold
The innocence in your eyes is food to my soul
Your voice, it sings to me a lovely melody
And I thank God for giving you to me.

Oh, now, it’s plain to see
The best in life is free
And I thank God for giving you to me.

- Lyrics by lildovefeather

XXXX YYYY said...

that is sooo true!

andre jonah dimaunahan said...

I so agree with you Lea.. i fall in love all over again when I had AJ. Nicole is so cute..love the giggles in her video. Take care..

trixie javier said...

..tears.. awww!!

Urane laderas-cabantog said...

very touching... (I wish that my mother will do the same thing, Though she already leaft us, her family)

Andrea McClimans said...

truly...when i gave birth to my daughter, that was the very first song that came into my head as well. "Saigon" is my fave broadway musical, and everytime i sang "I'd Give My Life For You" i used to always imagine myself carrying my very own child, and singing that to her...and i had that chance when she was born...and then tears fell....

Snoopy Woodstock said...

that's so sweet... how happy u are when u have a child. ooooowwww... ur daughter looks so beautiful and I believe she will be a gorgeous girl... when I have a child, I wanna be mom like u... who love her child so much....

Annie Bling said...

so sweet.....

my my said...

so touchy....

c c said...

hi lea... i wish i can even have the means of watching your play....

Than yun said...

so sweet.....

Olivia Martinez said...

Sweet... hope get that special moment you have lived with... greetings

shaw luo said...

Beautiful...

Pedro Chang said...

Agree! I wish to be ur child....:-)

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pj01aco04 santos said...

On Children
Kahlil Gibran

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let our bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.

pj01aco04 santos said...

On Children
Kahlil Gibran

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let our bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.

Mary Francis said...

Was bloghopping when I accidentally stumbled on your site. It took me back to the year when I bought the Ms. Saigon tapes and was singing along to the whole soundtrack. I've been a fan ever since I can remember. Congratulations on having a baby. Welcome to the wonderful world of motherhood!

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bonz biikszki said...

i love her....,

Pamela G said...

I know it's been awhile since you've blogged which means your daughter is in the toddler years. My oldest son is two. Quite an experience, it is. As I read your peice above, I could feel the love and emotion you must've had at the time. My blessings to you and hope this message finds you well.

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Jackie Leach said...

thats such a sweet story. :] May God Bless you and your daughter

judin love lia said...

what a sweet baby
hope i have one too...
soon....
amin...