My Musical Comeback

I have been listening to a lot of music lately.

And by that I mean actual music, not the Wiggles or Wee Sing for Kids!

I am not hip enough to have an ipod or an mp3 player, (although, if someone wants to start making out Christmas lists now… I would love either!) therefore I have to rely on the old fashioned way of selecting cds and playing them one after another. It is tedious and sometimes I just miss the good old mix tapes that we made off of songs from the radio.

Come on – you know you did it.

Keeping that tape recorder set to go as soon as your favorite song came on – then holding it up to the radio speaker and PRAYING that your mom didn’t walk in the door and say something to ruin the recording. I did it – hundreds of times. And truthfully, the best gift anyone could ever give me was a mix tape they had made for me. I even have some of them – still to this day!

Anyhoo… I chased that rabbit until it went right in its hole... sorry.

What I was trying to say was simply this – I have been enjoying some really great music lately and have decided to share it with you blog readers as a new feature on this the second year of Happy in the Moment.

At the end of each blog post, I will give a song of the day. Most probably this song will be somehow connected to the day’s post – either by way of helping to inspire the post, or maybe the post reminds me of the song, or it could be just what I am listening to that day. I think it will be fun. I hope you will enjoy it and maybe you will find some new music to inspire you as well.

This week I have had Jack Johnson, Sheryl Crow and Dixie Chicks in the lineup. I have been in a stressful mood and nothing de-stresses me more than the mellow Jack Johnson. Sheryl Crow sings a particular song that reminds me of someone dear – so every now and then I like to hear it and sing it really loud in the car – Hannah is usually begging me to stop about three beats into the song – she clearly has no appreciation for my musical talents. But if you ever hear Favorite Mistake, by Sheryl on the radio, just know that somewhere I am belting it out – LOUD AND PROUD.

I haven’t listened to the Dixie Chicks in a long time. I have a wild story about their song Landslide, it is for another time, but ever since their crash in 2003 for being too political, I have really not listened to them. But this week, I watched a documentary that inspired me to get their cds back out and listen. And you know what, turns out – I still like to hear them sing. I don’t want them to tell me how to vote, but their songs have been a balm to my frazzled soul this week. I have loved singing Ready To Run – just to annoy my daughter and Cowboy Take Me Away has been a great fun sing along as well. Tonight while doing dishes I listened to their Taking The Long Way Around album – one particular song struck me – it was called Favorite Year. It sums up what I my heart thinks like no other song I have heard. Another one on that album,Silent House, can provoke real tears even while scrubbing pots and pans – I can testify to that.

I have been away from my music for a long time. I seldom listen to the cds I have purchased – mainly relying on the radio to satisfy my musical hunger – but I am so happy to be reconnected to the music that I love, that inspires me and calms my weary soul.

Living Happily Ever After,
Beverly

Song of the day: Favorite Year, Dixie Chicks