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The power of song

May 27, 2012

Isn’t it crazy how certain songs can take us back to a time when all things seemed innocent and perfect in life?

I recently connected with an old grade school friend via LinkedIn and I had to laugh because exchanging messages with him made me remember how much I used to LOVE the movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves starring Kevin Costner.

I’m not sure if I loved the movie or the movie’s theme song by Bryan Adams more. You see, I had a borderline obsession with all love songs by Bryan Adams in the 1990s. Poke all the fun you want. He clearly sang for a target audience of sappy females and I got sucked in from the first note.

Hearing this song again after so many years is a refreshing reminder to me that I often take life too seriously.

We are only young once and to feel true love is unlike any other emotion. I have felt true love only a few times and I knew once I met my husband that I would never meet another man who makes me feel the way he does.

If I were young today (I’m only 35 now so it’s not like I’m shopping around for nursing homes or anything…but…you get where I’m going), if I were living again in my molding years, I would imagine this song would rise to the top of my fleeting favorites.

Hearing it makes me remember the feeling of driving around in my car for the first time unchaperoned with the windows rolled down on a balmy summer night.

What are some of your favorite songs, past or present?

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Simply put…

May 13, 2012

“It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice.” – John Cassis

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Comedy Central Presents: Cousin Jen

May 4, 2012

A few people have asked me why I created maternalmedia.com. They ask if everything is still going ok with momaha.com. This post will sum up why I still love writing for momaha (and always will), but why I needed another outlet to publish information that isn’t exactly appropriate to run on a website that is funded by our city’s major newspaper.

You see, my family can pretty much be summed up as overly competitive dysfunction junction. Not my family as in me,  my husband, and our three children (although we have issues like everyone else). I mean MY family, like the people who raised me and their extended clan before my husband proposed to me.

I received an unbelievable award yesterday. I wrote about the Leader for Life honor back in February. Momaha.com’s editor wrote a nice event recap too.

So I was basically on top of the world yesterday. Then, come Friday morning, I receive arguably one of the funniest e-mails ever from my cousin Jen. She consistently complains (rightfully so) that I do everything in my power to steal the limelight every chance I get from her and the rest of my cousins.

Sit back and enjoy…

My dearest cousin:

You are probably unaware that you have affected my day already and it is only 9:20, and let me tell you why. I was eating my breakfast when I decided to log on to Facebook and check out the usual Friday morning smattering of TGIF’s when I see an article posted about my pretty princess of a cousin accomplishing yet another feat that many other women could only hope to achieve.

Jen’s breakfast.

I pose one question, who’s ass do I have to kiss to log on to Facebook one time, and not see you being inducted into the world’s greatest HUMAN BEING EVER Hall of Fame?!  Geez Louise, I mean I can really only compare how I feel to what it would probably be like to be Jesus’ younger, slightly more awkward, red-headed step brother.  This is ridiculous.  The one bit of satisfaction I did get out of the article was the other attached photo of you sitting at a table, clearly not crossing your legs in a dress.

My offensive act is caught on film.

But that’s it!  Congratulations, you have done it again.  You have somehow managed to make the shadow we all live in colder than the shady side of an iceberg, you are heartless.

Good day to you,

Jen

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