Have I posted about songs before? Yes. Am I going to do it again? Yes. Music is my therapy. Forever my all time favorite song has been "Sweet Child of Mine." There's no reason why. I just love it. But a close second has been "To Make You Feel My Love." Choose the Garth Brooks version or the Adele version, and regardless, I'm in love. But over the years the latter of the two has crept higher and higher. It's now officially number one. So why do I love it so much?
1. Hope Floats is my all time favorite movie. I LOVE it. I've watched it more times than I can count, and I will continue to watch it. I could even watch it back to back when there's a marathon of it (normally during holiday time lol) If I happen to see it playing on Directv, I have to record it if I don't watch it live. I love Sandra Bullock. I love Harry Connick Jr. I love the story. The soundtrack is the best. What more is there?!
2. The lyrics are Bryan and I, to a T. (How do you even write to a T ?) If you've know us as a couple prior to marriage, you know that I was in far earlier than Bryan was. He was nervous to jump into a relationship/love again and I had to convince him to give in to me. LOL I'm sure now he's so happy that I am a persistent pain in the butt. haha! There's one line, "I know you haven't made your mind up yet, but I would never do you wrong.." It's us. If nothing else in this song, this line is us. (At least while we were dating) I remember saying to friends early on that I thought I was supposed to marry him. "I've known it from the moment that we met. No doubt in my mind where you belong." Kids (me wanting some and him not really) was the deal breaker. And I remember countless times saying, "Well maybe I can't have kids. Maybe that's why I met Bryan, because he already has two kids that I love." And sure enough, my thoughts were right. Thank God Bryan listened to me and married me like I told him to do. ;)
3. Garth Brooks or Adele . I mean either choice, I'm melting. How can you not love this song?!
*** Read Full Disclosure Before Moving to Number Four***
I have two step kids that I love with my whole entire heart. They are my life, and have been for years. I truly love them like my own kids. I cannot even fathom the thought of not having Eric and Kailey in my life and I thank God for these two every single day. All my decisions in life are revolved around them too, and they have all my love. :) BUT, they don't need me to rock them, pat their backs, and sing them songs to go to sleep. There are other songs that are US, but this one isn't it. So they aren't in number 4. Sorry kids, love you just the same!
4. These two little girls. Play the song again and now think about it with this perspective of these kiddos that God has placed in our lives. (You know you HAVE to listen to it twice. Once with the mindset of Bryan and I, and then again with this perspective) Singing to/with the girls has turned bedtime into a part of the day that I cherish most. Some might say DUH, so lovely them cuddling with you. Well it's not always been cuddly and lovely. Slowly though bedtime is becoming a very smooth, consistent, and awesome part of our day. Listen though. I have Mira begging for more songs. Not because she loves my singing voice. Not because she loves all my songs. But because she doesn't want to go to bed, and singing one more allows her to stay up just a bit longer lol. But guess what? She wants to know the meaning of songs. This is new to her, and she wants to know what every line means. We talk about what "You are My Sunshine" means every night. She beams and so do I. So we go through all the songs that I know all the words to, but I run out fairly quickly. And then I get put on the spot. (Admit it, you can know tons of words to songs when the radio is blaring. But try when you have a crying baby on your hip, and an inquisitive six year old laying right by you. It's hard!) But when it's your favorite song, the lyrics aren't hard. They come right out. And when a little curly headed brunette asks you, "What does that mean?" You tell her. You tell her that you'll move mountains to make her happy. And on the best days and even the worst days, you love her. That "I could hold you for a million years to make you feel my love." And then she beams. She smiles herself to sleep, and you have tears. And just like that, the number two song on your personal chart has officially made it to number one. (the editor in me is realizing that I've changed perspectives midway through this paragraph, changing tenses from me to you. But I don't care lol)
Enjoy the song. I know I do every single time. I challenge you to find your song. The one that melts you. The one that is the story of your life. The one that you can recite without the radio, when you're put on the spot. The one you can't do without during your bedtime. Goodnight!
