My dear husband is out with Gracie Lou and his friend Richard (he offered to take her so I could just relax on the couch ... what a man huh?), Matthew is at a birthday party and here I sit in jammie pants that are ridiculously comfortable and I am downloading music from itunes ... shoot, can that site ever be addictive!!! Songs are only .99$ ... ummm ... 90 songs later ...
I love that I can just look up "80's slow jams" ... haha (yes I know some of you are laughing), and there are a million songs that bring back amazing memories ... music is phenomenal.
Caloy and I have had brilliant conversations about music ... since he has no prior knowledge of it, he has a hard time understanding when I hear something, how it makes me feel, how a song can bring tears to my eyes or take me back to a dance routine from High School. Just a chord or two in church and the tears can flow ... I can be having a beer with a friend (as I was last night) and hear something which takes me back to my Dad playing his trumpet in the living room and my Mom, Loren and I dancing for hours. Music is amazing. Thank you Lord for music. Thank you for memories in my life that are wrapped around a song.
Right now I am listening to "She's out of my life" by Michael Jackson. The list of music I have compiled is completely insane, nothing goes together and there is everything and anything ... but it all means something. So is life huh??? Now I am listening to "Tennessee" by Arrested Development. See??? Craziness. Here are some of my favorites from my itunes list ...
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" ... the Hawaiian version with a ukulele ... heard it before? Fabulous!
"Bless the Broken Road" by Selah ... amazing Christian group. They also have a version of "His Eye is on the Sparrow" that makes me cry.
"Regulate" by Warren G ... yes, the rapper. I told you it is a crazy compilation.
"Come Just as You Are" by Crystal Lewis. This is the song that she sang in August of 1997 when I was at the Harvest Crusade with my parents and Reed, I stood up, walked to the field and gave my life to Christ. Is there something wrong with listing Warren G before Crystal Lewis ... nope, this is not in order of importance ... just great music that I am thankful for ... "Come Just as You Are" is the perfect song to explain God's grace ... Just as you are ... that is how He loves us.
"Whip It" by Devo, "When the cream sits out too long you must whip it" ... C'mon that is an awesome lyric!
"Can't Smile Without You" by Barry Manilow. Yes, I am a Fan-i-low. This is a song my Daddy would play and I can see myself dancing with him in our living room time and time again growing up ... this was our song at my wedding. I can't hear it without having the greatest memories of my Daddy flood my heart. Thank you Lord for this song and those memories.
I have Michael Jackson, Bob Marley, Kenny Loggins, Billy Joel, The Beastie Boys, The Bee Gee's, Earth Wind and Fire, Prince and more ... I am listening to "We are the World" right now. This song takes me back to Laura Egbert's house in the 2nd grade ... we put this show on and I was Stevie Wonder with barrettes in my hair that had long ribbons, feathers and beads I think ... Laura's mom made nightgowns for all of our cabbage patch kids. Great memories.
I love the song "Don't Worry Be Happy" ... you can all hear it in your head ... that song takes me back to my dear friend Shana's house in Sunset ... probably some time in the summer, on the beach when we were in elementary school ... with our families and I remember her brother Scott singing that song.
Lord thank you for the ability to remember life ... to able to look back and see things so clearly in my mind. Thank you for music, for giving the gift of musical talent to people. Thank you for music that inspires me to sing and dance, to run and worship You.
If my life had a soundtrack ... it'd be crazy and involve my entire itunes list ... I'll think about what one song would be my theme song ... hmmmmmmmmmm. I'm listening to "This is Your Life" by Switchfoot now. "This is your life ... Are you who you wanna be?" Great song.
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