Like our dreams Like our lives

Wiped the lipstick from my mouth

Took my mama’s diamond earrings out

Laid the dress out on the bed

Laid my head on your chest

Remember we said we were gonna live forever

And we would paint over the writing on the wall

Chase that sunset till we’re blind

Then wake up to find

We are only human after all

We are only human after all

 Staring out across the lake

That horizon’s turning red and grey

Watch the waves as they fall and rise

Like our dreams like our lives

Remember we said we were gonna live forever

And we would paint over the writing on the wall

Chase that sunset till we’re blind

Then wake up to find

We are only human after all

I heard this song again today and it made me think of your dad and i. our one year weddin' anniversary is coming up. we got engaged in Ohio on our first real date and three days later we got married in Virginia. A few weeks later we had a really charming backyard wedding in June, and I moved from California to VA to live with your daddy. I can honestly say that those six weeks were the happiest I have ever been. We've been happy since then, but it was just him and I and I feel like I've never been more myself. Or more accepted. We went down to visit FLorida family after that for a few weeks, before we moved our lives out to China. It's hard to believe that all this started not even a year ago. It hadn't really started, anyways. Last March I was in love. and scared. and then I saw your daddy and I wasn't scared anymore. Looking over all the change in one year, and now your impending life, it's crazy. it's overwhelming. it's too much, really, I can't believe it was me, leaping like that. Even now....If I was alone and about to be a mama....But then I look at your dad again. And he makes me brave. 

Getting on all those planes, I really felt like I could do anything. "Chase the sunset til we're blind..." We are human, and we are feeble. But my dreams aren't fading. They're just beginning.