i met him at the end of May 2009. We were working a conference called NASSM; now, this conference was horrible... but, it was also probably the best week of my life. here's why:
it was a bitter break up just days prior; he was my best friend. simply said to say the absolute least. i made the decision to move onward and upward. i didn't want to be with anyone, and i wanted to set the stage for my senior year to be concentrated on school, pre law and whatever else came my way.. now, clearly that did not happen. a. i am not in law school. b. sarandipity couldn't be more perfect and c. i fell in love.
we had this whirlwind love story... it was a late night, it was drinks, it was dressed up, it was butterflies and it was...perfect. it was questions, table topics if you will. it was an up all night head spinning type of night... and well, time was limited. we had three days. three days and he was back in pa... so leave it? or love it? moral of that story, i loved it. i turned my car around the day before he left at 3 am in the morning and it couldnt have been more perfect if it was from a chick flick. the following day, i drove to maryland with my best friend and roommate... we talked for 8 hours about the previous three days and as we rolled in to baltimore it started to rain.. [insert nostalgia soon]
we talked on the phone, we texted, we laughed and we felt absolutely nuts.. something i wont ever forget...so, with all of this being said there was a CD sent to me a few days later.
Track 13; Raining in Baltimore - Counting Crows. THIS song, is my relationship, my complicated and distance driven love story in a song. and THIS is how i feel when i hear it:
i think about that first week, the first kiss, the way columbia roads looked at 3 am wet with dew. i remember the stop light change from green, to yellow to red...twice at williams brice stadium. i remember the drive up 95 that summer day, and back south the following. i remember sitting on the porch in west cayce with my best friend and laughing while on speakerphone. i remember what salt from tears taste like from saying goodbye so many times before, and knowing that there will be many more to come. i remember driving from the airport in raleigh. i remember falling to sleep in sc on repeat. i remember what it feels like to love like you have never loved before. and recently, i remember sitting on the couch.. listening to a concert dvd, thankfully this time with him on the right and hearing him say "you ok?" followed by a kiss on the head. THIS song, is all of that in 5 mins of lyrical perfection.
so, what song does that for you? what song puts you in a moment, or many moments with the sound of a voice and a strong melody? if you don't have one... i only hope that you will some day, because it can be a saving grace when your a little farther away than you'd like to be at any given time, any hour of the day or night. it is to me, the perfect remedy.
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