Caught up in a moment...

Isn't it amazing how hearing a song can bring you right back to another time and place? You hear the first few notes of something - and then suddenly, you are someplace else - reliving a memory. This happens to me all the time, but this morning's interlude was just what I needed.

I was driving to work, feeling a little cranky because I didn't sleep well last night - and wouldn't you know - traffic was out of control. There's a shock. So, I'm sitting on the highway and I'm sort of just dazing off into random thoughts, when the first notes of "Sweet Home Alabama" starts filling my truck. Suddenly, I'm back in 1988 - and it's the summer I graduated high school. Any type of "Freedom Rock" (turn it up dude!) brings me back to hanging out at my best friend's house with her brother - and my high school sweetheart. (Her brother and my boyfriend were best friends, so we were always together). I could see us there in the yard - I could smell the linguica cooking on the grill, and I could hear Lynard Skynard playing in the background. We had so much fun that summer. And in retrospect - their parents were amazing! There would always be at least 5 or 6 of us there, at any given time of day (some of the best cookouts were at 11pm!) and the food that would be cooked at any given time - I'm amazed they didn't go broke feeding us. Those were great times....the worries and needs of being 17 weren't much more than "who's hanging out with us tonight?" - and it was definitely a fun and happy place in my life.

As I said, there are many songs that bring me back to a place in time - but this was a good one for today. And I just thought I'd share it...