This Blessed Sip of Life

Kevin and Michele, friends of ours who just had a baby, inspired me to create a blog.  I'm not sure how much time we'll have to update it, but I want to share our life with our sweet baby with all of you.   I chose the title from a Dave Matthews song that we love to sing to Quinn.  She likes the tune, but I hope the lyrics will stay with her throughout her life.  I hope we can teach her to live by them:

Isn't it strange 

How we move our lives for another day 

Like skipping a beat 

What if a great wave should 
wash us all away 
Just thinking out loud 
Don't mean to dwell on this dying thing 
But looking at blood 
It's alive right now 
Deep and sweet within 
Pouring through our veins 
Intoxicate moving wine to tears 
Drinking it deep 
Then an evening spent dancing 
It's you and me 
This love will open our world 
From the dark side we can see a glow of something bright 
There's much more than we see here 
Don't burn the day away

Is this not enough 
This blessed sip of life 
Is it not enough 
Staring down at the ground 
Oh then complain and pray 
more from above 
Greedy little pig 
Stop just watch your world trickle away 
Oh it's your problem now 
It'll all be dead and gone in 
a few short years 
Just love will open our eyes 
Just love will put the hope in our minds 
Much more than we could ever know 
Don't burn the day away

Come sister 
my brother 
Shake up your bones shake up your feet 
I'm saying open up 
And let the rain come pouring in 
Wash out this tired notion 
That the best is yet to come 
But while you're dancing on the ground 
Don't think of when you're gone 
Love! love!? what more is there? 
We need the light of love in here 
Don't beat your head 
Dry your eyes 
Let the love in there 
There are bad times 
But that's ok 
Just look for love in it 
Don't burn the day away