After a couple of disturbed nights I woke up this morning
having had a full night’s sleep. It has put a spring in my step – actually I
have felt like skipping today.
I have spent the day window shopping, looking for tiles,
light fittings and paint colours for my new kitchen. Sitting in the car with
the radio on these are the songs that have put a big smile on my face.
It started when I heard "Blockbuster" by Sweet when I dropped the boys off at school. This was the
first single I ever bought, it was out in 1973 and I was only five years old but
this song brings back memories of dancing round the kitchen with my dad on a
Sunday evening when we would listen to the top 40.
I don’t know what the song is about but there’s a line
“you’d better watch out if you’ve got long black hair.” Well I have always had
long hair and my dad’s hair was dark so at such a young age I had a crazy notion
he was singing all about us.
The very next song on the radio was Jenn Bostic “Not Yet”,
well I wrote all about that one yesterday (you can read it here), the radio was turned up even louder
as joined in!
I stopped at the lighting showroom to be bedazzled by
sparkling ideas with exorbitant price tags!
Back in the car and the DJ played “Mr Blue Sky” by E.L.O.
Now in some ways this song could make me a little sad as it was played at
Andrew’s funeral.
When we had the private family cremation before the church
service I chose two songs, one to be played when we entered with the coffin and
one to play as we left.
The undertaker advised me to pick something more cheerful to
leave by and “Mr Blue Sky” was the first happy tune to pop into my head.
It’s a song that never fails to makes me smile and gives me
confidence to carry on. It certainly worked at the funeral because it
transformed my mood and I was able to stand up and give the eulogy Andrew
deserved to a packed congregation without a tear.
Another stop to shop, I found some cheaper lights and
discovered to my delight that HMV was still open!
I picked up a copy of Jenn Bostic’s CD and popped it on in
the car – bit of a mistake, the first two songs were new to me but the third
was “Jealous of the Angels” - go and look it up on Google if you don’t know it,
I was in tears well before the chorus as she sung about the pain of losing a
loved one.
Still I have become quite adept at driving while crying over
the past couple of years and the next track was the now familiar and positive
“Not Yet”!
As the day progressed my kitchen plans moved forward. I
think I’ve definitely chosen a paint colour for the walls – it’s called Rice
Cake – even if the lights fittings and tiles are still under consideration.
It’s been a good day all in all, made even better by
the sun shining and seeing my story appear on the Nation Flash Fiction Day Flash Flood!
It’s not always easy counting your blessings but a happy
song or two along the way certainly makes all the difference!
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