memory in a song

Struggling with sleep. Staring at the wall. Listening to music. Every song has a meaning, holds a memory. Some good, some bad. Some too sad to even finish the song. Some so happy that it must be listened to again.

Life After You by Daughtry - December 23, 2o09. I went to dinner with Jordan's family on the General Jackson. When we got home we were in his room talking and this song was the only one on the recently added play list. I'm pretty sure we listened to it twenty some odd times. I fell in love with it and downloaded it that night, its now number five on my top played.

For Good from the musical Wicked - I fell in love with this song junior year in London when we saw the play Wicked. I listened to it a lot after I got home but then pretty much forgot about it until it was sang at a friend's funeral in October. As much as I use to love this song it is now hard to listen to without wanting to cry.

Big Girls Don't Cry by Fergie - Brasil mission trip. We listened to this song every morning. I can't hear this song and not go back to that hill with those amazing kids. It may sound weird but this song makes me think of God's glory and what he did that week in my heart and the heart of those kids.

Take My Hand by Shawn McDonald - Dancing and singing in the locker room with girls who are now my best friends but were complete strangers a few months ago. This song will always be one of my first memories of the Union soccer team.

Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight - One of my all time favorite songs. I have no clue why. When I hear it I always think of Luci and Krista. In the summer we would put Luci's top down and crank this song, singing at the top of our lungs not caring who was around.

Gracie by Ben Folds - Anything really by Ben Folds reminds me of Kathleen and junior year. Team awesome in the back of Mrs. Tabb's class. Junior year had to be the best year of my life.

Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine Show - We listened to this song a thousand times on the way home from WKU soccer camp the summer before senior year. Krista, Anna, Layne, and I jammed to this song for months. Not to mention Lolo dancing to it while driving us home.

Little Drummer Boy by Lonestar - Junior year yearbook. I would sneak into Mrs. E's room and put it on repeat to see how long it took before she noticed. Once again junior year was amazing. At least Amber and Jenna shared my love for the song, or at least humored me and listened to it.

Stop This Train by John Mayer - The night before I moved to Jackson. I was DJ and was dedicating random songs to everyone in the car. Well Nathaniel dedicated this one to me. Sappy as it sounds its hard for me to listen to this and not tear up. Its the last memory of our innocent days before splitting up across the country.

Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop by Landon Pigg - Heard it on a Hallmark commercial the day I left before London junior year. Sent it to Daniel and told him this was us. I can't really listen to the song anymore. Not because I miss Daniel, but just because it was "our song" and I feel bad for listening to it considering we aren't really friends anymore.

Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson - I'm sure my close friends at Union have the same memory of this song. When Jordan and I first started talking this was his ringtone and text sound. Needless to say this song went off probably a hundred times a day and I thought they were going to kill me. It is no longer his ringtone, but I can't help but smile and think of him anytime I hear it.

Those just happen to be the songs that have come on while posting this. I could go through my whole iTunes and share more than one memory for all 1259 songs. Its crazy to think about all the memories I've made and how many more are still to come. I love thinking about what's in store for the rest of my life!