Monday, March 7, 2011

Hey, Hey...

First, I have to share the back story on this... This past summer we went to something called the Willamette Celebration. It's a Christian event bringing together every church around the Willamette Valley for about a 100 mile+ radius. They had varied different events throughout the weekend. One evening we went to one of the many outdoor concerts they had. One of the bands was Superchick. The music came across the land and Meritt went nuts. She was dancing like she was born to be a rocker girl all of her life! A week or so later, both girls were still talking about 'Superchick' - especially Meritt, so we went down to our local Bible bookstore and brought a Superchick CD. The rest of the summer, that CD blasted away in our car, as the girls sung at the top of their lungs in the backseat, and Meritt waved her arms in the air, and danced around like the music was part of who she is.

There is one song in particular that she loves the 'most'! HEY, HEY.
She could listen to it over, and over, and over, and over....... and over. (you get it!) After months of listening, this mama grew a little rattled and weary over listening to the sounds of Superchick, so the above mentioned CD may have gone missing for a bit. Well, the other night the beloved Superchick CD was found and all was happy in our land. Especially when HEY, HEY, came across the speakers. UPPER MAMA, UPPER, that's Meritt's way of asking that the music be so loud that everyone within a 5 mile radius can hear it! So, I did what any good, reasonable mother would do, we opened the sunroof all the way in 40 degree weather at 7 o'clock at night cranked the stereo upper almost as loud as it goes, and rocked out to HEY, HEY.

Listen to the words, read the words... I don't think there could be a better song in all the world to sum up my Meritt. That night as we were driving, I listened more intently on the words of my little girls favorite song more intently than I ever had before, and as I heard her little voice from the back seat sing out, 'be legendary, be you...' I believed with all of my heart, that God is going to do some legendary things with her, because of how 'her' she is through and through!

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I'm linking up with Heather at Blessed Little Nest today on her life made lovely Mondays! Go check her blog out it's oh so cute! Love it...

10 comments:

Unknown said...

i'm so glad i stumbled upon your blog from blessed little nest. it so great to find other Christian bloggers.

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Kelly said...

Found your blog from Blessed Little Nest. I love this post! I peeked around your blog a bit after you mentioned the Willamette Valley. I lived in Salem for about 4 years. I went to Western Baptist (now Corban University) where I met my husband. His parents live in the area and of course we still have lots of friends who are still over that way. I know the Christian community in the area is pretty tight so I wouldn't be surprised if we have some mutual friends. :)

Erin @ The Little Apartment said...

Children are such an amazing gift. Especially the parts when we get to see the beauty of God's hand shaping their little personalities. Man it makes me feel old... but blessed.

Myya said...

Don't you just love when it all comes together & you can see how the plan starts to unfold. YAY!

Cherish Stockdale said...

just came across your blog. it is super cute & those song lyrics are awesome. thanks for sharing! :)

The Woman with the issue of blood said...

i know this has zero to do with this post..just wondering if you are going to blog sugar in september?

The Woman with the issue of blood said...

wow..what a great song it gave me chills. i wish that the girls i used to run with would listen to the words in this song. they are still out chasing the world and it makes me sad. praise the good Lord for bringing me to my knees when He did. Thanks for sharing my friend. xoxo

Bella Rose said...

Shelley- I'm not going to blog sugar in September...

The Woman with the issue of blood said...

=( .. that stinks. Well ...we do have a trip planned to up your way late summer..maybe we could plan to meet up !

Bella Rose said...

Shelley- that would be great! Let me know!