Beautiful Boy, Darling Boy Jeremy Aaron

Whenever I call On and hear Jeremy Aaron coo-cooing and ang-goo-gaaing in the background or sit in front of my laptop looking at his photos, thinking about the time we have spent together and thinking about how blessed I am to have him in my life, it makes me think about John Lennon’s “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)” the song he wrote for his son Sean.

It’s one of the more beautiful and moving songs from Lennon’s last album Double Fantasy. It makes one feel sad knowing that not long after this album came out, he was cut down by an assassin’s bullet outside his Dakota apartment that tragic night in December 1980.

I hadn’t listened to the song very much and then not too long ago, someone wrote to me saying that when I write about Jeremy Aaron it reminded them of this song. Then, I started listening to the song more and now it gets some heavy play on my iPod.

I am sure there are a lot of fathers out there who also feel the same way about their son when they listen to this song:

Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)

Close your eyes

Have no fear

The monster’s gone

He’s on the run and your daddy’s here

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

Beautiful boy

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

Beautiful boy

Before you go to sleep

Say a little prayer

Every day in every way

It’s getting better and better

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

Beautiful boy

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

Beautiful boy

Out on the ocean sailing away

I can hardly wait

To see you come of age

But I guess we’ll both just have to be patient

’cause it’s a long way to go

A hard row to hoe

Yes it’s a long way to go

But in the meantime

Before you cross the street

Take my hand

Life is what happens to you

While you’re busy making other plans

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

Beautiful boy

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

Beautiful boy

Before you go to sleep

Say a little prayer

Every day in every way

It’s getting better and better

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

Beautiful boy

Darling, darling, darling

Darling Sean.

Of course, I am going to tweak that last line to “Darling Jeremy Aaron.”

I miss the little fellow so much. Some days though, like today I am missing him more. He’s the center of my universe; he’s my raison d’être.

A few astonished people, upon finding out that I am 50 years old, have asked me why I waited so long to have a child, after all at my age I should be bouncing my grandchildren on my knee and not my children. Yes, I suppose I have astonished a few people and to them, all I can say is that it was God’s plan all along. He brought Jeremy Aaron into my life when the time was right. He’s been a blessing that’s for sure and my life is so much richer and beautiful because of him.

He’s my beautiful, darling Jeremy Aaron.