Music to my Ears 10/20/2009
 
Music has always been a big part of my life. As a kid growing up in Wyoming, I only really listened to country and Top 40 because that's all our radio stations had.

When we moved to Missouri, my musical tastes expanded. It was the late 90's and boy bands were a big deal. I loved listening to the radio, and one day changing stations led me to find Classic99, St. Louis's classical music station. I fell in love with classical music, listening to it on the radio and picking up the violin in 5th. grade when I quit figure skating lessons.

I've always loved music because you can find a song for every situation of your life. Happy, sad, angry, doesn't matter: someone has written a song for how you feel. Music allowed me to express feelings without words, as I developed technique on the violin and practiced more solos as my talent matured. 

Eventually, I ventured outside of the classical genre and played in my church's worship band. I began playing in the band spring of my junior year of high school (2006 - feels like a lifetime ago now!), and developed a crush on the bass player in the band. Can you guess who that was? It was Steve! We didn't really talk much and each of us had a significant other, but I had a sneaking suspicion he liked me too. 

When he enlisted last July and was leaving for basic training, he admitted to liking me. I didn't know what to do with this new-found information, but we eventually talked about music, as it was the main reason we met, and he recommended some of his favorite bands. I began a playlist in my iTunes library titled "Suggested by Steve" and would listen to it a lot when he was away. 

Some of his favorites became my favorites, and throughout the journey of our relationship, various songs have become "our songs." Like with the "Suggested by Steve" playlist, my library has an "Our Songs" playlist. 

It might be corny, but sometimes just listening to the songs helps me to feel everything I've felt since this journey began, and I can only anticipate that I know I'm not alone in all of this...that there's a reason I wait, a reason I wake up each morning knowing it's one day closer to the time he's home.
 


Comments

Samantha

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:35:43 pm

Aww, yah! That's great and a good way to think about Steve when he's gone, and get ready for his homecoming. :)

 

Megan

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:38:55 pm

Yep! You could almost say if it weren't for music, we never would have met! :) But I'm glad we did and I'm way glad he's coming home soon!

 



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