The piano, mood music, and twinkle twinkle little star

Every time we go to visit at my parents house besides be excited to see abuela and titi my son gets extremely excited about one other thing...the piano.  My sister and I took piano lessons among our many other activities growing up. I have little to no skill left in my memory my younger sister still practices just about every day.  So Cam grabs titi and heads off into the "piano room" so they can show off their skills to each other.  For a 2 year old he isn't bad.  He can't actually play anything but he doesn't bang on the keys either so we don't mind listening. He seems to have in mind what he wants to hear and sometimes he kicks titi off and plays all alone.

There's something about music isn't there? From classical all the way to our guilty pleasures and one hit wonders. No matter what kind of day you're having or activities you're planning you can find a perfect song to express the mood.  If you're married you get that same feeling every time you hear your "first dance"song. My daughter enjoys the same song to comfort her to sleep at night.  My sister and I use to make mixes for family road trips and we'd try to find a song that named whatever state or city we were going to.  I don't think there is a person in this world who doesn't have a connection to a certain song... or many songs for that matter.  Music has a way to bring back feelings and memories that is second only to pictures. So what's my list of important songs?

In no particular order:

Feels Like Home by Chantal Kreviazuk (our wedding song)

The Middle by Jimmy Eat World (high school memories)

Buscando Guayaba by Ruben Blades (I learned to salsa to this as a kid)

Pretty much any Bon Jovi Classic (My first concert)

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.. when my son sings it.

I'm sure later I'll think "how did I forget to put THAT on the list"

What's on your list?

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