You can tell everybody, this is your song...

Tomorrow is the anniversary of my mom's death. Six years. Hard to believe how quickly time passes and yet, it feels like a lifetime since I last saw her. So much has happened in my life since that day. Although in so many ways she is not really gone. She is part of me. And now, a part of Porter and Ruby. Sometimes it overwhelms me when I can see her in their faces. Smiling, laughing, living....

But it's true what they say, people do live on forever in your memories. So today I will share one of my favorite memories with you that I am passing on to my children. Growing up, music was a big part of our lives, I don't remember too many days that we didn't have a record playing in our home or an 8 track traveling with us in our car, which in a few more years became the cassette!  I can remember sitting and studying my mom's records for hours looking at Olivia Newton John's flawless skin or Elton John's platform shoes...  there are songs out there that are literally like time machines to me. If I hear them, I can feel my history.

One thing that my mom did was give my sister and I "our songs".  My sister's was "Let me be there" by Olivia Newton John and mine was "Forever Young" by Rod Stewart. It was just something little that we shared. If we heard it on the radio mom would say "it's your song Beanie" ( oh yes, that was my nickname) and we'd crank it up and sing along. It has turned out to be something that has meant a great deal to me, and now today when I hear "Forever Young" it still makes me smile, or cry, depending on the day.

So I decided I want to pass down this tradition to our kids. For any Johnny Cash fans out there it comes to no surprise that Porter's song is " Hey Porter" (which we can get him to dance a little jig to if he's in the right mood). The funny thing is the song takes place on a train..a train! Who is the biggest Thomas the train fan out there?? Our boy, that's who!  Here is a link to the song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bksZ4Qu18kc


And Miss Ruby has her very own song too, courtesy of my fabulous Aunt Linda who found the song and emailed it to me shortly after she was born. Thanks Aunt Linda, we love it! It's another oldie, but goodie. Simply titled "Ruby baby" it tells the story of a boy in love with a girl named Ruby. Here is the link, try to keep yourself from dancing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbP4AjVqTz4



Love you Mom.
xo