It's been a while. I can't saw that I've been busy, because that's not true. I have plenty of time on my hands. I just don't know what to write about. I just wanted to take a moment to praise music and it's abilities.
Many times I have found myself listening to a song and suddenly a flash of a memory pops into my head. Whether its from ten years ago or last week, there seems to be memories connected to certain songs. And I know that this happens with almost everyone. The important moments in our lives are marked, like a dog-earred page in your favorite novel for that one scene. That one sentence that captivates your mind. Music acts like our dog-earred pages in our lives.
I can list many songs that mean something to me. Or even entire CDs for that matter. Here are just a few I can think of off the top of my mind.
1. Everything You Want (the album) by Vertical Horizon- road trips back to my Mom's house after visiting my Dad's in another state [10 years ago]
2. FireHouse (the album)- playing with my younger sister for hours on end in the summer, sometimes breaking our Breyer horses [7 years ago]
3. I Kissed A Girl by Katy Perry- one of the first memories I have when my family moved to a new state, driving down the highway on the way back to our rental house [5 years ago]
4. When We Were Young by The Killers- playing Guitar Hero with my stepsister and stepbrother, one of the first times I can remember hanging out with them without being shy after almost 3 years of knowing them [6 years ago]
5. Alan Jackson (almost all his 1990's music and early 2000's)- traveling with my Dad from my Mom's to visit him and also playing with my younger sister [10 years ago]
6. Stubborn Love by the Lumineers- the first time I opened up to a friend about my passion of music, it was the first song he shared with me and I instantly loved it [3 years ago]
7. Hello Bonjour by Michael Franti and the Spearhead- driving a friend back home after a dinner with the cross country team, we sang it together as the streetlights whizzed by, singing at the top of our lungs replaying it over and over again [1 year ago]
There and many more moments and songs that I could mention. But to get to the point, music has been there at many turnpoints in my short 17 year life and I wouldn't change a thing. Music is what brings us together. Keep those memories close and remember that music can always be used to capture a moment.
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