Sailing, Part Deux

Maybe it's mawkishly sentimental, but this song is one that always helps me to center myself again. It truly is a theme song for personal transition through art. Mood music at its finest, if you will. I dissected the meaning of this very song in front of everybody in my 10th grade AP Lit class, slightly embarrassed but nonetheless honored to have been given the opportunity to do so. I'm thankful I am allowed to seek solace in the beauty that is all the music in this world. I mean, what a privilege! Genius musicians and songwriters put forth everything that is in them to produce a work that people like me can keep coming back to for comfort, for hope, for affirmation. It's like they offer up everything they are and have ever been, and put it out on a plate for others to partake in. I would say I have forged a strong alliance with my music and friends whom I love the most. This is all on purpose, none of it accidental, and I am forever grateful to those in my life who truly SEE ME, my faults, my shortcomings, my struggles...and yet still find it within themselves to love me. I am deeply humbled and amazed, all at the same gigantic time. Your love and outreach leaves me bewildered and glad like happiness through tears, perhaps my favorite emotion of them all. Bless you all, My Good Friends, and thank you again for your prayers and encouragement. My kids and I, and Todd, too, will need them in the coming days. ​