I was driving into New London the other day to visit my boyfriend. I was going through all the radio stations and nothing good was on, but then I went to one station and “Piano Man” was playing. I got so excited and nostalgic at the same time. Everytime I hear that song, I remember when my older sister Hannah taught me the lyrics and sang the whole song with me. We were in the family room of our old house, the house I grew up in. She made sure I knew everything, and how amazing and meaningful every line was. “And they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness, but it’s better than drinking alone…They sit at the bar and put bread in my jar, and say, Man what are you doin’ here…” It’s my earliest memory of truly falling in love with music, and the way that lyrics and music can reveal so much, and make you feel so many things. Hannah brought that to me, and this song always reminds me of that. As I turned up the volume a little as I drove, it came to the part, “He says, ‘Son can you play me a memory-I’m not really sure how it goes. But it’s sad and it’s sweet and I knew it complete, when I wore a younger man’s clothes.” Well I guess if I asked someone to play me a memory, I’d know exactly how it goes.
Micah, Sarah and I were watching tv in Micah’s room. Sarah wanted a pillow, so she asked, “Micah, will you pass me the boyfriend?” I knew what she was talking about. Those pillows with the arm rests on them are definitely called boyfriends. Micah, on the other hand, was very confused. “What? You mean my tv pillow?” At first I laughed, because I thought it was weird that he called it his “tv pillow.” But I guess it would be a lot more weird if he called it his boyfriend.
Five out of the eight people in my family have blogs. I don’t know about Micah and Hannah, but I always feel a little left out when conversations inevitably lead to “Maybe I’ll write about that in my blog.” Not anymore though. Rachael has joined the bloggers’ circle…that’s what I’d like to call it at least. We should have a secret handshake too! Hey, actually how about we call ourselves “New Kids on the Blog”! How sweet would that be, you guys? Also I was thinking we could have meetings in the secret fort I’m building in the basement. Only Nelly and the cats know about it. Wow guys I’m so excited, because usually no one includes me in anything.
