pick me up

24 Nov 2010 1 Comment

by knittersplayground in Uncategorized

When I was little,  I would play the piano to get away from life, playing was like my own little fort with a “Becca Only” sign.  If I was having a bad day, or fighting with my sister, the night my grandpa died, the days my best friends were made at me:  All I needed to do was sit down and play and the world was better….really not better, just non-existent.  Playing was my way to forget what was going on.  It’s like reading  a good book, where you get so involved you’re like an extra character of the book……until 5 hours later when it ends and you feel just exhausted from be thrown around the storyline only to wake up in reality and find it confusing that no one else knows where you’ve been.

I haven’t progressed much in the music department since High School….and that is now 10 years ago.  I know that’s short to some, and loooong to others….to me, that time just seems sort of surreal.  I feel like I’ve lived different lives before and within those ten years.  None of the times lived really seem linear or consecutive…choose your word, I can’t decide which is best.  Only the fact that I have 3 kids and their ages continue to increase, makes me believe that I probably was that little girl with my piano playing “fort”.

Back to the point.  I don’t run to the piano for solace or escape anymore – it doesn’t work as well when at least 1 of the 3 kids hangs on every key, or my leg, or screams until I pay attention to their want to play something instead, but there is one thing I play and I feel better.  Only 1, and throughout the last ten years, it’s the only song that still works as my fort.  If you’ve known me that long, I bet you can guess, if not, I leave you here with my favorite youtube version.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone.  No matter if or how you celebrate, who your with or not with – I hope you’re Thankful for what you have.  I’m not always as Thankful as I should be, but I’m trying!

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