I have come to realize just how much Spring is my favorite season. The weather has been divine. I spent most of the weekend outside on my deck. Ahh... peaceful.
Flowers are blooming, barley breaking the soil. A new life awaits. How wonderful!
Every time I spot a little bit of green pushing the dirt aside it brings back memories of my Grandmother. Most of my flowers, along with my need to dig in the dirt, comes from her. She's been gone for several years now but not forgotten. For every time I kick off my shoes, get on my knees and plant, dig or water my flowers, she appears. Bittersweet memories because truth be told, I would give up every bloom, every burst of color to have her beside me.
Still, it brings me peace. I know that she's there with me and I will forever be grateful for that. I will cherish my flowers, just as I do her.
Yes, Springtime is my favorite time of year.
Till Next Time....
Michele
Soundtrack for this blog:
Keb Mo' "Hand it Over"
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Thursday, April 3, 2008
To Be Young (Is to be sad, is to be high)
I have an uncanny habit of attaching songs to a particular memory, event and place in my life. While listening to iTunes tonight, I set it to shuffle. Random songs play and take me back. A timeline of my life can be constructed by music.
Case and point...
Whitney Huston "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"- This was the song playing during my 4th grade talent show. I was up on stage lip singing, doing cartwheels in front of the entire school. Great times. I had on a yellow sweater. My hair was crimped and pulled in a side ponytail. I was nervous because a boy I liked was going to be there. The same boy who used a hoolahoop to catch me on the play ground.
Salt n Pepper "Push it"- This was the song that played non-stop those summer nights in GA. All the kids in the complex would gather on the lawn with a boom box blasting this song. We would do our dance, trying to show up one another until our parents yelled for us to come home. Where does that energy and confidence come from? Just wondering where it went....
Milli Villni "Blame It On The Rain"- This would be the song playing at the local YMCA dance on Friday nights. I was nine when I got busted sneaking out to go to it. Granted my brothers were supposed to be watching me and they helped me make arrangements to get there. I had to go, my first "boyfriend" Jacob was going to be there.
Def Leppard "Pour Some Sugar On Me" - This was the song that I listened to endlessly with my best friend. It will forever remind me her and the day her family moved back to Denver.
Michael Jackson "Man In The Mirror" - Has to be my all time favorite Jackson song. It was playing the day I fell down seven steps backwards. It's okay, I didn't break anything.
Songs remind me of People and places. I attach lyrics to them and hold on tight. They leave an imprint on my mind that will be there when I'm 83, senile. I wont be able to remember who I am but I'll hear the music.
You see how this is going. Some of the most innocent and bittersweet memories are wrapped up in nice package called music.
Till Next Time...
Michele
Case and point...
Whitney Huston "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"- This was the song playing during my 4th grade talent show. I was up on stage lip singing, doing cartwheels in front of the entire school. Great times. I had on a yellow sweater. My hair was crimped and pulled in a side ponytail. I was nervous because a boy I liked was going to be there. The same boy who used a hoolahoop to catch me on the play ground.
Salt n Pepper "Push it"- This was the song that played non-stop those summer nights in GA. All the kids in the complex would gather on the lawn with a boom box blasting this song. We would do our dance, trying to show up one another until our parents yelled for us to come home. Where does that energy and confidence come from? Just wondering where it went....
Milli Villni "Blame It On The Rain"- This would be the song playing at the local YMCA dance on Friday nights. I was nine when I got busted sneaking out to go to it. Granted my brothers were supposed to be watching me and they helped me make arrangements to get there. I had to go, my first "boyfriend" Jacob was going to be there.
Def Leppard "Pour Some Sugar On Me" - This was the song that I listened to endlessly with my best friend. It will forever remind me her and the day her family moved back to Denver.
Michael Jackson "Man In The Mirror" - Has to be my all time favorite Jackson song. It was playing the day I fell down seven steps backwards. It's okay, I didn't break anything.
Songs remind me of People and places. I attach lyrics to them and hold on tight. They leave an imprint on my mind that will be there when I'm 83, senile. I wont be able to remember who I am but I'll hear the music.
You see how this is going. Some of the most innocent and bittersweet memories are wrapped up in nice package called music.
Till Next Time...
Michele
Chin up, Cheer up
This year was supposed to be a great year but it hasn't gotten off to such a great start. Let me just say that four months in and I feel like I will never be normal. However, I look at my situation and think, it could be worse. It's not just me. I think it's this year in general for everyone. Can it get better? I have to believe that it will, I just have to give it time.
However, with everything that's been going on, it's given me a lot of time to think. About my life, my hopes and my dreams. Where I'm headed and what I can be. Take the title of this blog for example. It would be great if everything went as planned and you could do everything your heart desires. That's not the case. You have to do what you can to keep on living. You have to work, pay the high price gas and continue in robot mode just to make do. But is making do enough?
There are several things I would love to be doing everyday... travel, write and smile. Yes, smile. Seems simple but yet it's a challenge. But like I said, I'm only four months into this year, there is plenty of time for it to improve.
Until next time....
Michele
Soundtrack for this blog.... Cake "Prolonging the Magic" Who doesn't love cake?
However, with everything that's been going on, it's given me a lot of time to think. About my life, my hopes and my dreams. Where I'm headed and what I can be. Take the title of this blog for example. It would be great if everything went as planned and you could do everything your heart desires. That's not the case. You have to do what you can to keep on living. You have to work, pay the high price gas and continue in robot mode just to make do. But is making do enough?
There are several things I would love to be doing everyday... travel, write and smile. Yes, smile. Seems simple but yet it's a challenge. But like I said, I'm only four months into this year, there is plenty of time for it to improve.
Until next time....
Michele
Soundtrack for this blog.... Cake "Prolonging the Magic" Who doesn't love cake?
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