To Make You Feel My Love

This song is on Hudson's sleepy playlist. It's a Bob Dylan song. I'm partial to Garth Brooks' version, but the one on the iPod is Adele. I have always loved this song, and I like thinking of it as words from God to us, although I'm not sure that's what Bob had in mind at the time.

But when I sing it to Hudson, I can't help but get choked up thinking about it as a love song from me to him. Of course, it doesn't all apply; I won't always make him happy and I can't make his dreams come true, though I can encourage him and offer guidance and prayers. But the rest of it is pretty much right on the money. I would hold him for a million years. Although I suppose when he's a teenager he might be over that... I'll just have to sneak in to his room at night and hold him while he sleeps. (Ten points to you if you know that's a reference to "Love You Forever," the children's book every mother of a son MUST own.)

So here you go, baby boy. I hope you feel my love for you every day of your precious life.

When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love

When the evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one there to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love

I know you haven’t made your mind up yet
But I would never do you wrong
I’ve known it from the moment that we met
No doubt in my mind where you belong

I’d go hungry, I’d go black and blue
I’d go crawling down the avenue
There’s nothing that I wouldn’t do
To make you feel my love

The storms are raging on the rollin’ sea
And on the highway of regret
The winds of change are blowing wild and free
You ain’t seen nothing like me yet

I could make you happy, make your dreams come true
Nothing that I wouldn’t do
Go to the ends of the earth for you
To make you feel my love