A Melody Sounds Like A Memory

Recently at dinner my mom made the comment “Before you date anyone you should make sure they ride in your car with you.” She knows from experience that when you ride in my car the chances of me loudly playing music are very high. In fact I like to think I am rockstar when I drive and I tend to sing quite loudly too and sometimes even dance! When you are stuck in traffic or stopped at a red light, I am that person that makes you laugh because I refuse to not enjoy the good bass and high volume provided by my car and if its warm my windows will most definitely be down!

Dad is to thank for my love of music. He loves to listen to music and taught all of us to enjoy it too. One of my favorite memories growing up is our house on Sunday mornings. We all had stereos in our rooms and all of us would listen to our own music while we got ready for church. Bill, April & I even kept a stereo in our bathroom. It was always fun standing in the hallway hearing or even feeling Bill's all of the music.

While my car is my favorite place to listen to music it is not the only place that I chose to listen. There is rarely a time throughout the day that I am not listening to music. Luckily, my officemate Anne can ignore my singing and loves music too. I have found that music is basically one of the biggest stress relievers in my life. No matter what has happened or what kind of mood I am in, there is ALWAYS a song for that moment. I often wish life was like a movie or TV show when it came to music. You know that moment when someone is just walking down the street or going about their day in TV and you hear music…that’s what I want. When I am feeling on top of the world I am most likely singing a song in my head. Example…every time I have interviewed for a job I listened to “I’m the Best” by Nicki Minaj to get myself ready for it. Mom had to go sit in the car during one of my interviews…she was not impressed with my warm up music at all.

Songs always seem to bring back so many memories for me too. Every time I hear “Friday Nights” by Click 5 I can just imagine Jessica & I driving to football games on Friday nights in high school. When I listen to “Remix to Ignition” by R Kelly I remember Tyler driving Kristin & I home from devo one Sunday night honking every time the chorus said “Beep Beep”. If Full Access comes on my iPod I instantly think of church camp and all the amazing memories that I have there. More often than not a song will put a huge smile on my face just because of the story that is in my memory with it. I listened to “Fly Away” by Lenny Kravitz every single day the summer before I left for OC. A few boys in the past have even won my heart by sending me songs. And then there are break up songs…if you need a break up song I could give you an entire mix! My favorite would have to be “Since You’ve Been Gone” by Kelly Clarkson or “Love the Way You Lie” by Eminem. I know that not all music is nice and kind but it’s not always about the lyrics, sometimes it’s simply just the beat of the song. I love it all! Finding new songs is one of my favorite things to do when I have down time am wasting time. Here are a few of the songs I have on repeat today!

“Little Things” – One Direction 
“Carry On”- Fun
“Next To Me” – Emeli Sande
“Ho Hey” – The Lumineers”
“Bruises” – Train
“Freedom” – Nicki Minaj

Keep Smiling
Alli:)