I am a single dad who raised my daughter on my own from the day she was born. This song makes me cry every time I hear it. It's not just a 'mom thing.' Dads feel this way, too.
I don´t have anything like that with my mother, but I have it with my daughter and this song makes my cry every time, but not out of a feeling of being hurt or having missed something important. I only think of myself as the mother in this. I´m happy that I was a better mother than I had myself and I could give her what I would have needed myself.
I remember watching mama mia with my mom about a month before she passed away. During this scene she started sobing and I didn't really understand at the time, I hugged her and tried to comfort her, I was only about 11. Now I realize that it was because she knew she would never get to have this with me, she'd never see me grow up or get married. Now I'm 18 and enrolling in college. I love you mom, I hope I make you proud.
Only regret that when she wanted me the most I was not there.... But still the last moment together, she just blessed me with all the love and happiness, She cried in pain and disbelief that she will be no-more there for me. Even with that crucial pain eating her she was thinking of me. I could just once take her in my arms and never let go. We take mothers for granted and they have always loved us unconditionally without any conditions. I miss her so much.
I did the same exact thing I used to watch this with her all the time and shed cry at this part she died in 2011 I was 12 years old , this song means a lot to me
Mathi 24 I agree I think that Amanda should've played rapunzel in Into The Woods, because I think Streep and the actress that played rapunzel didn't have as believable chemistry with each other. I think Amanda would've been the perfect fit :)
i wish i could regret all the times i made my mum sad/angry but her response was to hit me a bunch of times until i'd cry and she'd never feel bad or apologise because she thought i deserved it for making her angry. my dad only ever hit me once and he apologised for weeks for making me cry. wish i could say the same for my mum lol. she kicked me out when i was 14 and i moved in with my dad. best decision she ever made
@@becsandus im sorry to hear that cherish you father even more doing his best. You’re loved more than you know. Not everybody is fit to be a parent and you deserved none of what you got
When I listen to this, I cry. Not even especially because of my mum or the idea of having children on day but simply because the concept of time comes to mind so vividly
I know!!!!! I'm a 40 year old war veteran and I cry every time I watch this shit!! What the hell is wrong with me??? My little girl is never marrying anyone that's for sure he he he :0)
+Morten Christensen it just shows how this effects everyone of all ages and all situations because it is about the people you love the most which can break anyone's heart and it's about time as well which also makes all people feel a bit emotional. Hooray for abba and for Meryl Streep and Amanda seyfried hey!
I used to watch Mamma mia with my mom and cry like a river when i watch this scene while hugging my mom like a baby, i told her to please sing this on my wedding day someday and she said she wanted to. But now she's already passed away last february and i really miss her. It's hurt to hear this song and the one in mamma mia 2 "my love ,my life" When donna in the movie is already passed away too. But i really love this movie to try not to watch it. I miss you. And I love you mom..
I was crying my eyes out in the cinema when I watched this, and my girlfriend at the time made fun of me. I told her that I always wanted a daughter, and that I felt this song in my entire self. Last month, after 11 years of marriage our first child was born and it's a beautiful daughter.
Enjoy every second, my daughter, my best friend is 21 now, she’s planning to try for her own baby next year, a whole new chapter for us all, I can’t wait. ☺️
l love you @Panda_coffee and my boss working in the restaurant during a quiet spell used to sing this together...unknown to usm the customers loved it !
When they sing "sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture" is by far the most powerful part of the song. It really captures the bittersweet melancholic feeling very well.
I'm lucky because my mom and I are like Donna and Sophie, which is why this song hits me every time, I think back at all the memories and I feel like I haven't spent enough time with her, even though we are always together
Stefan Bain I too am a single parent of a 20 yewr old son who I raised alone. The hardest thing about being an only parent of an only child is when they leave home for the first time. It's like okay now what? The words to this song ring so true. You wonder where and how the time went so fast. But I wouldn't trade it for the world. He is and always will be the best thing that happened to me. Happy holidays and thanks for listening
Stefan Bain ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ well done for all you have done it’s a hard job been a single parent as ino iv been there for my daughter 6 years alone and this post is the best I have seen I hope your daughter is proud to have a wonderful daddy like you she will always no that she has you
This hurts in a very specific way when you've grown up with this movie and you just realized what this scene actually means and what the song is about so you mourn over your childhood passing by+ plus your name is Sofija and your mother is Meryl's look-alike
Lyrics School bag in hand she leaves home in the early morning,waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile.I watch her go with a surge of that well known sadness and I have to sit down for a while. The feeling that I’m losing her forever and really without entering her world I’m glad whenever I can share her laughter,that funny little girl. Chorus Slipping through my fingers all the time I try to capture every minute the feeling in it slipping through my fingers all the time do I really see what’s in her mind each time I think I’m close to knowing she keeps on growing slipping through my fingers all the time. Sleep in our eyes her and me at the breakfast table barely awake, I let precious time go by, then when she’s gone there’s that odd melancholy feeling and that sense of guilt I can’t deny. What happened to those wonderful adventures the places I have planned for us to go some of that we did but most we didn’t and why I just don’t know. Chorus Slipping through my fingers all the time I try to capture every minute the feeling in it slipping through my fingers all the time do I really see what’s in her mind each time I think I’m close to knowing she keeps on growing slipping through my fingers all the time. Both Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture,and save it from the funny tricks of time slipping through my fingers!!!!!! School bag in hand she leaves home in the early morning waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile... Plz like this took me forever!😅
This song gets me each time I hear it. I am a 55yo guy from Ireland. Watched this musical with my Mam so many times.In Nov 2010, my mam died from cancer..in my arms.. It is a moment I will treasure and remember all my life.Now I watch Mamma Mia musical all alone and just cry through all this song..Love you Mam..Always. xxxx
AWWWW , I Am Really Truly Sorry About Your Loss , God Bless && Jesus Bless You && Your Family . Remember You're In God's && Jesus Hands I Am Really Truly Sorry , Love Ya.
definitely one of the best and most heartwarming scenes with an equally great song. Meryl and Amanda did so well, i can't express enough, the amount of emotions i see in their acting. i always come back to Mamma Mia, my literal comfort movie :')
I got married recently, and after a relatively calm morning, my mother started humming this as she was putting my veil in, and I just broke down! Nothing like mama love
Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile I watch her go with a surge of that well known sadness And I have to sit down for a while The feeling that I'm losing her forever And without really entering her world I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter That funny little girl Slipping through my fingers all the time I try to capture every minute The feeling in it Slipping through my fingers all the time Do I really see what's in her mind Each time I think I'm close to knowing She keeps on growing Slipping through my fingers all the time Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the breakfast table Barely awake I let precious time go by Then when she's gone, there's that odd melancholy feeling And a sense of guilt I can't deny What happened to those wonderful adventures The places I had planned for us to go Well, some of that we did, but most we didn't And why, I just don't know Slipping through my fingers all the time I try to capture every minute The feeling in it Slipping through my fingers all the time Do I really see what's in her mind Each time I think I'm close to knowing She keeps on growing Slipping through my fingers all the time Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture And save it from the funny tricks of time Slipping through my fingers Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
I'm going to university this year. And I can't imagine how painful it's gonna be. I'm still a baby I don't wanna be away from my parents and my brother
You cry harder at this when your mom was never emotionally available for you. Never showed the slightest affection or never loved you like she loves your sibling. If I ever become a mom, I'll love my child and never make them feel abandoned. I'll give them the affection that I always longed for from my mother.
CAROL HIRD Hey Carol! Im sorry for your loss. A aunt second degrees died with 52 years on 30 may 2018. I didn‘t see her often, but her dead let me think over my life. She had a daughter with 22 years, like me. I hope, my englisch is right, because i‘m from Austria. Lg
My mom died in my arms this year from a devastating cancer.. specifically 10 months ago. Many years ago I listened to this song and saw how much she cried.. our love was so special and unique. Its incredible how these kind of songs can bring us so beautiful and vivid memories. Love u mom ♡
Natalia Sanhueza My mother died almost exactly 9 months ago (April of 2016), she had a hearth attak. I was able to bring her back, but just for a minute and then she was gone. She died in my arms. I was (and still am) destroyed, devastated. She was probably my only (best-best) friend that I ever had (and I'm a guy, I know it's lame but still). Sorry for your loss, may your mother rest in peace!
Well mum, tomorrow is the big day. Dad thinks that I'm too young but I'm 23 and I know you two got married younger than that. You would love him I'm sure, dad likes him so that's a step. He treats me so good and I absolutely adore him, he makes me happy and I know that's what you wanted for me. I wished you were here with me to remind me everything I need to remember and step in when I inevitably forget something, you know how bad of a planner I am, specially when I'm nervous. I chose a princess gown, like the ones you liked when we watched say yes to the dress together. I can't believe you weren't there to give me your opinion. Since I got engaged I couldn't stop thinking about this scene and how we would watch it and cry together every single time. I still remember the last time we did, when we already knew we wouldn't get to have this moment. It's been 8 years now, time truly flies. I still miss you every single day, I didn't say it much to you but I love you, I really do. Tomorrow when dad walks me down the aisle I will be thinking about you and how you would be bailing your eyes out as you watched your little girl become a woman, that's something I got from you. You will forever be in my heart and I'll tell my kids what a wonderful grandma they had. I wanna name my first daughter after you, and my fiance agrees. I just hope that when the time comes I am half as a good mother as you were, always caring and loving, raising me to be the person I am today. I always try to be kind like you taught me but still remain strong and confident. Don't worry mum you did your job amazingly well, I know that was always you biggest concern. I know you would have been so proud of me, I can't believe the day has come so soon. I know it will be the best day of my life cause he couldn't be more sweet or funny or thoughtful. But I know it would be better if you were by my side. With all the love on the world, Your little princess
i sobbed reading this comment...i’m deeply sorry for your loss and such beautiful words to your mother, she will be so proud of you watching from up above :)
I’m sobbing right now...wow iI bet your mom must be so proud of you! She’s watching over you for sure and I’m so very sorry for your loss she sounds like an amazing mother
It was night before my wedding and me and my mom were rewatching Mamma Mia together. To say that we bawled our eyes out to this song would be an understatement. One of my favourite memories, this song holds very special place in my heart. ❤
I have a good relationship with my mother, and a crippling fear of time passing, due to different things that happened in our lives. I just keep being afraid of losing her, and losing the opportunity of making new memories with her. This song makes me sob, every time I hear it
My daughter is seven and I've listened to this a couple if times a year since the day she was born. Never, not once, have I made it through without crying.
I am here crying like a baby missing my mum.. I am pregnant with a baby girl can't wait to meet her and give her all the love in the world. Love you mum..
didn't knew the song till i got the Musical CD years ago, and i grew up with ABBA due to my mums old records, but this song makes me cry over and over again! saw the musical with my mum and we both cried in this song. i would say Thank you for the music is my favorite song of ABBA earlier. now it's tie with this one!
I have no idea why I torture myself with this song even knowing what listening to will do to me. My mom passed away the night I first watched this movie. As I listened to this song, she was slipping through my fingers. When I listen to this, more often than not I turn back into the little girl that I was that fateful night, waiting for her mom to get home from the hospital. Still, there is that old melancholy feeling and although I'm not religious, I know my mom is with me whenever I listen to this song. Te amo, mama.
I miss my mom. Not because she's not there, but because both of us have changed so much in recent years that we don't have the same relationship anymore. I miss the mom I used to love some years ago and I miss really loving her at all...
Been nearly 2 years no contact it never gets any easier 😔 but I know she is bad for me and I have to follow what is right in my heart, all of you doing no contact are so brave and strong I have so much respect for you all xxx
I relate to this more than any of the other comments, as sweet as they are. I do have a mother, and we see each other, but I don't feel like I can be open with her. I don't feel accepted by her, especially in the last few months/year.
The casting team did a really great job. I can't imagine anyone else playing the role of Donna the way Meryl does. Also in Mamma Mia 2, I absolutely loved Lily James' work. She captured Donna's free and ambitious personality perfectly.
I really love this song and I always cry every time I hear it. But reading the comments here brings this to a new level. I feel so so sorry for all the kids/adults who lost their mom and for all the moms who lost their kids. When I read these things all I want to do is call my mom and thank her for everything she ever did for me. And I am unbelievable thankful that I still have her by my side. So all the love to the daughters and moms and sons and everybody who has gone through a terrible time because they lost each other. ❤
katharina hartmann it reminds me of all those died in London in 1940 I’m still struggling with it hopefully it doesn’t fade away my love on War has gone Now
it's 1 a.m. right now and im probably having a anxiety crisis, this song reminds me of my mom so bad, she's just sleeping but listening to this makes me cry so much just imagining living without her someday, this simply hurts and breaks my heart in a million pieces
One of the most touching, beautiful moments in the film. Just perfect in every way. And when that guitar kicks in, I just lose all my composure, that's too beautiful.
Once I came home to my mother, watching this movie, all in tears. When I asked her what was wrong she pointed to the tv and said: "Everytime I listen to this song, I remember I have to give you away to the man you love one day. Knowing that I will have to see you grow up faster than I want you to, that you will slip through my fingers and start a family of your own. It just tears me up." Now everytime we watch this movie together we both end up in tears because we love eachother so much!
This was my mother's favorite movie, I cry without fail Everytime I watch it. I wonder if she ever knew how much it would mean to me when she is gone😭 I miss you mom we didn't get enough time together
I always sing this song to my mom. It's our song. I want to play this song at my wedding reception when I dance with my mom because there's no one else I'd rather dance with. This song means so much to me and her. She raised me alone for a large part of my life at such a young age and honestly I always cry when watching this musical tbh. This is a huge part of my life.
LETRA/LYRICS Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile I watch her go with a surge of that well known sadness And I have to sit down for a while The feeling that I'm losing her forever And without really entering her world I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter That funny little girl Slipping through my fingers all the time I try to capture every minute The feeling in it Slipping through my fingers all the time Do I really see what's in her mind Each time I think I'm close to knowing She keeps on growing Slipping through my fingers all the time Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the breakfast table Barely awake I let precious time go by Then when she's gone, there's that odd melancholy feeling And a sense of guilt I can't deny What happened to those wonderful adventures The places I had planned for us to go Well, some of that we did, but most we didn't And why, I just don't know Slipping through my fingers all the time I try to capture every minute The feeling in it Slipping through my fingers all the time Do I really see what's in her mind Each time I think I'm close to knowing She keeps on growing Slipping through my fingers all the time Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture And save it from the funny tricks of time Slipping through my fingers Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
Same here, my mom was depresses and we were listening to this song and she looked at me and said "this is how i will be when you get married".. she wont have to worry about that because im not getting married, ever
I'm a mom, my kid is only two, yet I couldn't help but cry everytime I hear this song/see this scene.... We want them to be ours forever, but we can't, really. We have to let them go. But that doesn't mean stop loving them
BBC radio 2 played the ABBA original song the morning my daughter said 'goodbye daddy' as she went off to primary school. Powerfully emotional, I had red eyes walking into the office that day !!
listening to this alone in my dorm. im in college now and i just have so much regrets of not enjoying our time together. i feel so homesick and it’s hard being away from her. sometimes i don’t know if i can do this but i want to be brave and get my degree to show her that all her hard work was for something. love you mommy and i dedicate this song to you
Oh baby girl, I'm a mom with daughters ur age. I can imagine ur sadness & homesickness😢. Don't regret, ur mom loves u regardless. Focus & work on ur degree, before u know it, u'll be celebrating with ur mom soon. Make her proud ❤
It is the only song that makes me cry each time i hear it. My mother won't see me grow up or married (she died when i was in high school) but i will always feel her love. I will always remember her words..."I only live for my children"... I love you mom! I hope i make you proud!
this film came out the year my mum passed away, I was only 4 when she passed so I don’t remember it but my nana always tells me how this was her favourite film, she was such a social butterfly and she had such an amazing life and I am so grateful that she was able to see Mamma Mia before she passed, this film holds a special place in my heart. I love you mum more and more everyday
I sat in the cinema watching this film all on my own at 5months pregnant. Sat and knew there and then that I was having a girl. She was born early 3 months later but healthy. I cry every time I hear this. She's now 12yrs old and time is quite literally slipping through my fingers, growing up so quickly, I treasure all those times now that we share and laugh together. It won't be long before her friends and her own life leave me behind ( as it should) 12yrs of trying for this much wanted baby and now she is 12.......
I was raised by a single mother and this song tears my heart every time I hear it. She developed Alzheimers and I was her caregiver for ten of the twelve years. I was there by her side on her last night and into her last day. I wouldn't leave her side until my sister finally told me to go get something to eat. October will be 6 years and believe me, it doesn't get any easier!
I think I was about 14 a day before my 15th birthday and i heard my mom crying in the middle of the night listening to this song she and my dad were talking about how I'm already growing up and that someday I'm going to leave to get married. That really messed me up 😭😭 I'm 20 now and I'm still living with my mom helping her with everything and this song just made me remember that memory. 😭
i am a mother too,i have so much fears in life but most of all is to see my daughters leaving us,in a right time,sometimes at night i cried to face this fears,my daughters are 17 and 16,pain is tearing me slowly to face the reality.if only i could stop the time where i can still hold them and carry them in my two bare hands,there is no measure between a love of a mother to her children
As soon as I hear the first few notes in the melody I start crying, I cant help it. my mum is still alive and we are still together so I really have nothing to complain about.However we aren't really close and watching this reminds of a bond that ill never have with her but reminds me of the one I used to have with my grandad we used to watch this movie on repeat together and we used to sing this song to each other, I miss him . hopefully I will be able to share that amazing feeling and that bond with my own kids and hopefully my grandkids if I'm lucky enough to be blessed with them :( x
When my family and I watch this, my mom and dad always start to cry and look at me. When I was younger I was just confused but now I’m 20 and I notice they won’t be around forever. So thankful for this movie it’s one of those classics that every family can enjoy and bond over.
my mom and i have this type of relationship. she’s really bad sick now and has anywhere from 5-10 years to live. i’m crying bc she’s my best friend and i can’t imagine life on earth without her ☹️
I know Meryl Streep probably won't see this but im glad to have amazing actresses like her, I wish I could have the opportunity to meet her she has made my life a happier one because of this movie its brought me closer to my mom. And I understand im not the only one she's touched. God bless you Meryl Streep.
