Fifteen years ago this month, I was crouched down on the shiny white tile floor of an empty big box store, stocking shelves for hours on end while listening to the same few CDs on repeat. I’d finished my college course work in December but wouldn’t officially graduate until May. I was back in my hometown and needed to bring in some money while searching for a full-time position, so I took a job setting up a new Target store.
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One of the great joys of being my son’s mama has been introducing him to new things and watching his face light up in response. He loves to dance, sing, and listen to music, and playing new songs for him is so fun. In addition to all the usual kid songs, we’ve developed a tried-and-true list of all-ages tracks on YouTube that can keep him happy in the car or thwart a nascent tantrum. Here are some of his current favorites:
Readers with young kids, which songs do they love?
I’m on year two of my One Line a Day journal, so for the past two and a half months, I’ve received a daily reminder of what I was doing and thinking on that day a year ago. My March 21, 2016 entry mentioned exchanging favorite Dolly Parton songs with a couple of friends (we were planning a trip to Dollywood) and closed with this line:
“I think listening to music makes me more thoughtful – I should do it more often.”