"Now and Forever" by Carole King

"Now and Forever" by Carole King

This is one of my very special Joshua songs!!  We first heard it when it was featured in the movie "A League of Their Own."  Well, that was one of Joshua's favorite baseball movies, and he absolutely loved that movie!  Many bursts of laughter, and happy sounds were heard while he watched that movie - especially when Tom Hanks threw the mitt at Stillwell!!  (We had the edited version.)

Anyway, I love and treasure this song by Carole King -- she sang it perfectly and it has such deep meaning.  But then when Joshua unexpectedly passed away, and I listened more carefully to the lyrics, I realized that this song could have been written just for us!!

The words she sings perfectly capture the joy and love and purposes and blessings of my life with Joshua.  He will always be a part of me and of my family.  Joshua and I were the lucky ones because of the many joys and experiences we shared with his innocent and sweet love of every person he met.  His disability of autism, epilepsy and severe developmental delays, only added to his innocence and to his loving and friendly personality. There were many words unspoken because  his communication skills were tough and we could never have a normal conversation, but we did speak the beautiful language of love together!  Joshua always blessed my life more than I can say.  We lived ... we cried... we played ... and we loved the world together.  And I do miss, every day, the laughter, and the tears, and the joys of my life with Joshua!  And I know I will see and be with Joshua again someday.  Families are Forever!

Thank you Joshua, for lighting up my world, and the world of all of those people you met!  I love you now and forever!

Now and forever

you are a part of me

And the memory cuts like a knife

Didn't we find the ecstacy

Didn't we share the daylight

When you walked into my life

Now and forever

I'll remember all the promises still unbroken

And think about all the words between us

That never needed to be spoken

We had a moment

Just one moment

That will last beyond a dream,

Beyond a lifetime

We are the lucky ones

Some people never get to do

All we got to do

Now and forever

I will always think of you

Didn't we come together

Didn't we live together

Didn't we cry together

Didn't we play together

Didn't we love together

And together we lit up the world

I miss the tears

I miss the laughter

I miss the day we met

and all that followed after

Sometimes I wish I

could always be with you

The way we used to do

Now and forever

I will always think of you

Now and forever

I will always be with you

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