Trying Something New....Writers Workshop

On occasion, I forget about all the things I have to do, and go randomly clicking through blogs people post on their own sites....sometimes I find something really intriguing, but ALWAYS I find interesting photos, blog posts....and PEOPLE out in this great big world of ours. As a matter of fact, I was just thinking the other day how blogging, and the internet have connected so many of us from around the world, and let us in on others lives, whom we would never know otherwise. I've been to far away lands I've only dreamed of, and seen and read stories like I was right in the mix, all thanks to Blogging.
Today was no different....I stumbled upon "Mama's Losin It" And it looks like a delightfully funky Blog!! I'll have to bookmark it for future use!! And she's got "Writers Workshop Thursdays" Different than my normal photo posts...but different is the spice of life...right?!?!?! I used to do "Friday Fill-Ins" and they are fun, but it's not AS fun if you don't have a list of names to click on to see how they responded to the same things!! Well, Mama's Losin It uses Mr Linky, just like so many photo sites, making the fun of writing, well, FUN again!! :)
Every Thursday she has different prompts to choose from, this week I am chosing:

Soundtrack of your life: Pick 10 songs that you would have on a soundtrack for your life, pick a line from each that you most identify with and write a short statement of why this song made it.

Can't say these are in any specific order...So, Let's Go!

1. "You and Me" by Kenny Chesney: "Ordinary No, Really Don't think so....Not a love this true" First this was my husband's and I's wedding song; second it Describes my husband's and I's love for one another! Our Love is strong, full of desire, passion, and most important--FRIENDSHIP--and is VERY TRUE!



2. "Awful, Beautiful Life" by Darryl Worley: "I love this crazy, tragic, Sometimes almost magic,Awful, beautful life" I LOVE my life, it's chaotic, it full of love, I've seen my share of tragedy, and I think each Day is a beautiful, magical, GIFT!! (and the part about saying a prayer for Cousin Michael in Iraq hits VERY close to home!)

3. "Here without You" by 3 Doors Down: "I'm here without you baby, But you're still on my lonely mind,I think about you baby,And I dream about you all the time"; I am an Army Wife....I think that sums it up!!



4."The Star Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key: "Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?" Just gives me CHILLS!!! I'm one of the most Patriotic People you will ever meet...and not just on 4th of July or Memorial day, and Not just because I am a Military Spouse, I have been that way since I was a young girl!



5. "Fighter" by Christina Aguilera: (its the whole Chorus) Cause it makes me that much stronger, Makes me work a little bit harder, Makes me that much wiser, So thanks for making me a fighter, Made me learn a little bit faster, Made my skin a little bit thicker, It makes me that much smarter So thanks for making me a fighter": I had a rough early childhood, but I don't regret it, because like the song said, Made me that much wiser, made me learn faster, and made my skin thicker!

6. "Texas Women" by Hank Williams Jr.: "trust in God and luck and I live to love Texas women": I am VERY Proud to be a Texan Woman, and my husband like to tease me all the time about how "Ya Gotta Love those TEXAS WOMEN" WOOO HOOO!!!! ;-)

7."Somebody's Hero" by Jamie O'Neal: "She didn't get a check every week like a nine-to fiver, But she's been a waiter, and a cook and a taxi driver" I love having the ability to be a stay at home mom to my Two girls, and I hope that when they are older they see me as one of their heroes; and the song ends with how the daughter is the mom's hero, and that's where I always cry, because I just know my girls will be my heroes when I'm in a nursing home, and needing care! <3

8."Just Dance" by Lady GaGa: "Just Dance, gonna be okay" I don't care if you're a fan of Lady GaGa or not...that song just makes you feel good, and wanna get up and DANCE!!! I love to dance, before kids, my husband and I and friends went out dancing all the time!! Dancing is good for the body and SOUL! So get up and DANCE!

9."Somewhere Over The Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwo Ole': How do I pick just ONE line from that song?!?!? How about two?? "And the dreams that you dreamed of, Dreams really do come true" and "I hear babies cry and I watch them grow,, They'll learn much more, Than we'll know": This song is a MASTERPIECE in my opinion! I LOVE Hawaiian music (chalk that up to being lucky enough to live in the Islands for 3 years) And Israel Kamakawiwo Ole is a HERO there (may he R.I.P.) this song kind of wraps the majority of my life in a little package.....I always loved the Wizard of Oz, and Somewhere over the Rainbow by Judy Garland;I believe Dreams come true, and most of mine have, I believe that you can do anything as long as your heart is set on it; I became a MOM in Hawaii, and this song had just become really popular in TV ads and such, and I sang it to my oldest all the time when she was a baby; it also incorporates Louis Armstrong's "What Wonderful World" lyrics, which happens to be one of my Husband's favorites songs, and lastly, I can't hear it, and not cry!!



Oh Man...we're at #10 already!!!! Last but Not Least.....

10."Sailing" by Christopher Cross: "It's not far down to paradise, At least it's not for me" This song was written about the Lake that I practically grew up on. When I hit my teens, we all but lived on the lake. We had boats, and jet skies, and the Summers/early Falls were spent on the water. I hear that song and I feel as though I'm drifting on the waves of the lake, watching the sun go down, a chill in the air (mostly from too much sun LOL) I miss those days, they were simple, fun, and full of memories.

Ok--there you have it! My Soundtrack to life...at least life up to this point! That was fun! Thanks Mama Kat for the writing Prompt! I hope to make this an Every Week thing!!!
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