Some Songs Don't Take Us Back. They Take Us There
Music and the memories it carries. I don't know if this happens to you, but there are certain songs that can instantly take me somewhere else. Not just in my mind. Somehow, they make me feel like I'm there again. It usually happens when I least expect it. A few nights ago, I was lying in bed when I heard music coming from a church somewhere close to my house. It wasn't exactly close, but their speakers were loud enough for the sound to travel. They were singing hymns. And not just any hymns. They were songs I grew up singing as a child in my local church back home. I lay there listening, and something about hearing those familiar songs from a distance gave me goosebumps. For a moment, I wasn't just a grown woman lying in bed at night. I was that little girl again. I could almost feel the atmosphere of those years. The church. The songs. The people. The simplicity of being young. Things I hadn't consciously thought about in a long time suddenly felt close again. An...