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Thirteen Things songs that I love and the memories/thoughts they provoke!
1. "Winter in July" by Sarah Brightman--not only does this woman have a gift of a beautiful voice, the song is musically and lyrically beautiful. You can listen to it over on my MySpace. "Future dreams can never last, when you find yourself still living in the past.....Make the best of what's given you, everything will come in time, why deny yourself, don't just let life pass you by, like Winter in July."
2. "Summer Place"--reminds me of so many memories..days spent at Mamama's, my brother standing on my dad's feet while he danced, dancing with Dad at my wedding (he even took dance lessons with me and learned to waltz!)..uh-oh, tears are threatening
3. "Taking You Home" by Don Henley..my first dance with my husband at our wedding..even though Don wrote that for his child, the words still spoke to both of us
4. "The Phantom of the Opera" as sung by Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford--I heard this song for the first time when I was 13 and learned what Broadway was. From that moment on, my biggest traveling dream was to get to NYC and see "The Phantom of the Opera." Finally, for my 4th wedding anniversary, at the age of 25, I sat with my husband in the Majestic Theatre, tears in my eyes as my dreams were fulfilled. Awesome show! And I love the movie!
5. "Sadeness", "Voyageur", "Boum, Boum, Boum", etc. by Enigma--ok, this music is just hot and erotic. Need I say more??
6."What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong--pretty much sums up how I feel, no matter how cynnical I can be at times due to being jaded by people's attitudes or things I experience at work...I look around and marvel at the gifts that God created for us!
7. "I Hope You Dance" by Leanne Womack--not one for country, but Mom played this at my wedding after she did her toast and it just reminds me to never sit on the sidelines or get cynnical or jaded against the world.
8. "Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)" by Green Day--I dedicated this to my brother at my wedding and we had our dance to it)(the only time I cried at my wedding!). I was 9 when he was born and got to share in the joys of raising him.We are really close and I love him so much. I had never lived away from home up until the time I got married (I was 22), so my leaving the house was an adjustment for both of us. Oh no! More tears! I cry everytime I hear this song.
9. "Carribean Blue" by Enya--always reminds me of our beach house vacations
10."No More Tears" by Ozzy Osbourne--told you in my profile I have very eclectic musical tastes..I love the bass guitar and music in this song, also reminds me of my Junior year in high school, particularly, rides to school with some girl I can't remember her name and the guy I was dating.
11. "Power of Love" by Hughie Lewis--my dad and I used to go to see all the "Back to the Future" movies together. Everytime I hear this song, it always brings up the memory of us loving these movies and watching them everytime they came on the t.v.
12. "Right on Track" by The Breakfast Club--again, a daddy memory..he used to listen to this record alot and I just remember we both loved this song.
13. "Good Mother" by Jann Arden--reminds me of a friend that I had in high school and for a brief moment in my adult life. She was my soulmate friend and this song is one that we heard and looked at each other and said, "That's you!" at the same time. We had an intense mental connection and hopefully one day will be able to get our friendship back. The full story can be seen at MySpace and scroll to "I've got a friend who loves me."

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