Hi there, Internet friends. I hope life is good. For the past couple of months, I have felt a little bit like life is spinning pretty crazy. Not all good, not all bad. Just a lot of life stuff right now. 2 people I know have passed away in the past month. One was a beautiful 42 year old mother of a sweet and darling 6 year old girl.
It shakes one up to say the least and I have cried my fair share of tears, but I have felt oddly peaceful in these days. Sort of groundless, but OK. Does that make sense? I know I feel most connected to other people during times like these and I have witnessed some beautiful, loving gestures made to me and others. Somehow those gestures help make just a little sense of what goes on in this life.
This could be the first time that I have experienced this sort of peacefulness at a time like this. I am grateful and I hope it continues. But I have been at a loss to talk about some of these things.....not because I have been stunned or paralyzed by sadness, but more because, seriously, what is there to say about a 6 year old little girl who loses her mom to a long and painful battle with breast cancer?
I have had this song on constant repeat since I heard it on Kim's blog. I think it says and sounds exactly as I have been feeling. (I'm pretty sure you won't get the intended effect if you don't listen to it in your car by yourself SUPER loud.....just saying'...) Oh, and I dare you to not feel better after listening to it.
Because I always like having the lyrics:
It's so cold in this country
Every road home is long
He had a map that he bought
For the price of a song
He had a reason to go there
And a warm place to stay
And when it came time to leave
It was never the right day
Good luck bad luck survival
Sleep is my friend and my rival
Good luck bad luck survival
There was a girl who he married
And he left her behind
He couldn't picture her face now
It was like he was blind
Up at five in the morning
Every breath was a storm
It's so cold in this country
You can never get warm
Good luck bad luck survival
Sleep is my friend and my rival
Good luck bad luck survival
Good luck bad luck survival
Sleep is my friend and my rival
Good luck bad luck survival
It's a strange disappearance
It's a real mystery
Is he asleep in the snow
And does he feel free
There's a person he once was in a place far away
It's so cold in this country
October to May
Good luck bad luck survival
Sleep is my friend and my rival
Good luck bad luck survival
Good luck bad luck survival
Sleep is my friend and my rival
Good luck bad luck survival
Survival
Good luck bad luck survival
Good luck bad luck survival
Good luck bad luck survival
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