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This is my......bazillionth blog. Maybe it will last... Wish in one hand...  
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"The Soundtrack of Your Life"  I have had the longest day in Earth’s history, so I am going with an easy one. A light one. One that represents fun. When Kid A was about five years old she saw an episode of Carpool Karaoke, in which James pulls up to a stop light and the car full of people next to him get excited and sing along as well. From that moment on she wanted that to happen to her. She wanted to pull up to a light and the people beside us be overtaken by the vibe and start singing with her. As the type of parent that indulges their weird quirky desires at any cost - I too wanted this for her. We tried and tried and tried. We pulled up to countless lights bumpin' like a Snoop Dogg video. We would do any song we liked or liked singing but we had some that we felt might entice our car neighbors. Things like, Hold On by Wilson Phillips, Rebel Yell or White Wedding by Billy Idol. Some Heart. Songs that make you wanna sing loud and emotionally. We tried for over a decade. We had ZERO takers. Once we had a dude in his twenties appreciate our performance but he did not join in. Though I will say - I certainly didn’t just name any songs a 22-year-old would necessarily know…and I am not about to either. Last year what had grown into one of our heart’s deepest desires was finally fulfilled. After eleven years. I will never forget it or how my daughter was suddenly five years old again, and it couldn’t have been a better song. And it was just some middle-aged man who we assumed was not even going to look in our direction. It was amazing - but it was also a stop light so it was pretty fucking short. |
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