I wonder if there are others out there like myself that always seem to relate a certain moment or memory to a particular song. I ask because on the way home Saturday night I heard a very old song that reminded me of my freshman year of high school skating with my friends around the rink at FunPlex singing this song at the top of our lungs toward the guys we had crushes on (very embarrassing thinking back now!). What song you ask? Love of a Lifetime, by Firehouse, LOL!!!!! I started to laugh when I heard it and John was looking at me like, what's so funny. So I had to turn the radio up and then he knew instantly what was making me laugh. Him and his friends were the guys I was referring to above *wink*.

There always seems to be a song attached to just about every memory of mine. Is this weird? For instance, "Neon Moon" by Brooks and Dunn always reminds me of my junior year. Every Sunday night Jill and I would trek down in our cowboy boots to the Grizzly Rose for a night of country dancing. The guys would all be playing pool while us girls would be out on the dance floor stomping our feet until they went numb to every line dance!

Rod Stewart's "Have I told you Lately" reminds me of the first summer John and I were dating, driving around in the Enterprise (the nickname of john's old car).

The Goo Goo Dolls, "Name" always takes me back to when I had just started college. I actually remember where I was and what I was thinking when I first heard that song.

Debbie Gibson's, "Shake your Love" reminds me of walking home from school in the 6th grade with my denim jacket and matching denim backpack with my Y108 radio sticker on it and listening to either Debbie, Tiffany, or Madonna on my walkman. I can still picture that walk like it was yesterday. This takes me to another memory.... Madonna's "Lucky Star." I use to dance to that song, among others in our basement or in the backyard, LOL!!!!! I was quiet the little dancer back then. Broke my mom's heart when I wanted to quit dance lessons to play soccer.

John Mellencamp's "Jack & Diane" was a song that while at a soccer tournament, one of my friends had this song in her head for some reason and by the end of the trip every single one of us on the team could not get it out of our heads! So while we'd be practicing, stretching, or standing on the sidelines, we'd all be singing Jack & Diane. Needless to say we received some very strange looks from the girls on the other team.

And then there are some memories that are tied more to a generation of music like the 50's, then just one song. Whenever I hear Elvis, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Bobby Darin, Temptations, Supremes, Beach Boys, & the Beatles (I could go on but I'm sure you get the idea) it always reminds me of growing up, going to church every Sunday in the old Oldsmobile. My parents would always have Kool 105 on the radio in the car. After church we'd go get doughnuts and then head home to fix a big breakfast. Afterwards my mom would turn Kool 105 on in the house as she cleaned and dad would have the same station playing while he fiddled around out in the garage. It's the reason that at 28 I know all the words to "A Teenager in Love," "My Girl," "Rock Around the Clock," "Dream Lover," and every Elvis song! It always seems to impress others my age.

Of course there are other songs I can think of that are attached to a particular memory, these are only a few, but many I like to keep to myself. They are a little more sacred and too close the heart to share with the world but this is why I love music so much. It has this wonderful ability to take me back to a past memory that over time I had completely forgotten about. It's nice to be driving along and out of the blue a song will come on that will bring a smile to my face, a laugh to my voice, and a warm feeling to the heart.

It's priceless!