Boys,
There was a world before September 11 2001, and there is a world after, but the two are completely different. Both of you will grow up in the years after. Your Mom and I barely knew each other on that day, but we like all the others who witnessed it, have our own stories.
Where we were and what we were doing. Our thoughts and feelings and utter disbelief at what was unfolding around us. The entire country stood frozen with fear for the next several days and I often wonder if that's how my grandparents and parents generation felt when Pearl Harbor was attacked.
I still have a very difficult time watching the video's of the two planes crashing into the two World Trade center buildings. Even fourteen years later the emotion is just as raw and painful as it was the day it happened.
Sunday, May 1, 2016
The Power of Music
May 1, 2016
I've been listening to music in my headphones for the last hour or so. Sam, you're watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and Ethan you're watching Pokeman. Music for me can be so powerful, and I suspect that it's the same for other people. It can lift me up when I am feeling down and keep me low sometimes as well. It can send me back in an instant to another time and another place. I just have listened to "Rexroth's Daughter" by Greg Brown, "Pompeii", by Bastille, "The Wrestler" by Bruce Springsteen and "Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard" by Paul Simon. I can only hope that your musical tastes end up being as diverse as mine. Everything from Classical to hard rock is in my library. Except hip hop. I can't stand that shit. I'll do what I can to expose you both to the power of music.
I've been listening to music in my headphones for the last hour or so. Sam, you're watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and Ethan you're watching Pokeman. Music for me can be so powerful, and I suspect that it's the same for other people. It can lift me up when I am feeling down and keep me low sometimes as well. It can send me back in an instant to another time and another place. I just have listened to "Rexroth's Daughter" by Greg Brown, "Pompeii", by Bastille, "The Wrestler" by Bruce Springsteen and "Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard" by Paul Simon. I can only hope that your musical tastes end up being as diverse as mine. Everything from Classical to hard rock is in my library. Except hip hop. I can't stand that shit. I'll do what I can to expose you both to the power of music.
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