The Song Remembers When

You know when you hear a certain song, it takes you back to a certain memory, or a thought of a person you know, or once knew? I will go down the list in a minute and link songs to friends and family, it will be fun.

Lately, thanks to Facebook, I have been re-connected with so many older friends. Although I have made so many great, wonderful, new friends, there is nothing like sharing an old story with an old friend. Last night our house phone rang at 10:35pm right as I was lying in bed. Our house phone never rings unless it is a sales call or wrong number, so I assumed someone just had the wrong number. Leo was up watching the Rockets game (we won't even go there, poor excuse of an NBA team) and then I hear him walking towards the bedroom saying, "I think she is still awake." He hands me the phone and it was my post-college best friend that I had not spoken to in nearly 5 years, Liz.

It is so amazing how when you get on the phone, or meet up with an old friend how quickly you just pick right back up where you once were like no time had passed at all. We both have two-year old daughters that we can not wait to get together. They are both their mommy's daughters, dramatic, to say the least. We are both as high strung as they come and married the most calm, relaxed men in the world. So funny how things turn out, right?

Well, the more and more we talk the more and more we are learning about where we have been and what we have been up to in the last 5 years. It turns out that Liz is battling a 2 year battle with a brain tumor and many internal illnesses. None of them are life threatening, but she is so scared of any surgery, she kept throwing out words like, "croak", "funeral" and "single dad." I finally had to stop her and be like, "Liz, we have not spoken for 5 years, you can't call me and just joke about all of this stuff." She is all, "Oh, please forgive me, I am so sick of being down in the dumps about it, I have moved on to the "laugh about it" stage. So, I took that with a grain of salt and we continued to carry on about old times. We have plans of meeting up this weekend and I can't wait!

Here is a little list of songs that remind me of friends and family;
"Pink" - "My Wish" - Rascal Flatts, "In My Daughter's Eyes" - Martina McBride
"Blue" - " A New Day" - Celine Dion (Thanks, Minnie)
Leo - All the songs played of importance at our wedding
Ellen - "Good Without You" - O.A.R.
Annslee - "You'll Think of Me" - Keith Urban
Fernando - "Apologize" - One Republic
Charlotte - " Forever and Always" - Shania Twain
Hazel - Anything Jack Johnson
Betty - "I Love This Bar" - Toby Keith
Nina and Poppy - " Remember When" - Alan Jackson
Mom - "Goodbyes the Saddest Word" - Celine Dion
And Finally, Liz - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0CzCQFKORM

I hope you all have a wonderful day, Toodles!

Oh, and stay tuned for a funny story from "Pinks" Dentist Appointment yesterday. Be back in a bit....