Saving time

When I couldn't sleep in the early hours of this morning the song from the 70's by Jim Croce, "If I Could Save Time in a Bottle," came to mind. My son has been struggling this past week and I have been trying to figure out how to help him without losing myself and the boundaries I have set up. I know this song is dedicated more to a couple than a mother and child, but I found the words profoundly moving. Of course I didn't remember them all in the early hours this morning, but enough to remember it had wonderful words.

If I Could Save Time in a Bottle--Jim Croce

If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save every day
Till Eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you

If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
I'd save every day like a treasure and then,
Again, I would spend them with you

But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do
Once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go
Through time with

If I had a box just for wishes
And dreams that had never come true
The box would be empty
Except for the memory
Of how they were answered by you

But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do
Once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go
Through time with