Songs of My Life: May 2016

Mentally, I was all over the goddamn place for May. Most of it was in a good headspace but damn the days where it was a bad headspace. I’m good at recognizing patterns my brain takes and signs of where it’s going to fuck with me so I can luckily do a preemptive strike on most of those bad headspace days but the days I couldn’t stop it from happening seemed like what the fuck moments times a billion. I survive though. Mostly through sheer will and my sidekick, music. Some of those bad headspace days, you just crawl into your bed, pull the blankets over your head and go to bed the moment your day ends and some days you share those bad headspace days with someone and their simple words of understanding help more than they know. Continue reading “Songs of My Life: May 2016”

Shelia TaylorMay 29, 2016

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Songs of My Life: January 2016

There’s so much I can say about the first month of 2016. It’s been pretty amazing. The Universe has gifted me things in unexpected packages and I am grateful I had enough sense and hutzpah to see opportunities and take them because it has taken me down roads I would have never taken without a nudge or a sign of do this you dolt! I … Continue reading Songs of My Life: January 2016

Shelia TaylorJanuary 29, 2016

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Songs of My Life: December 2015

Better late than never! Here are the songs for December 2015. I didn’t have internet or cell service for most of December and I’m not even mad about it. I started this posted a few days ago, but finally have respectable wifi/internet to post it today. I hope everyone had a great NYE and that 2016 is filled with Universal light love and magic for … Continue reading Songs of My Life: December 2015

Shelia TaylorJanuary 1, 2016

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#01: “A Pirate Looks at Forty”

SONG: “A Pirate Looks at Forty” ARTIST: Jimmy Buffett I wasn’t even alive when the album, A1A was released in 1974 but that didn’t stop me from finding this song. I was 13 or 14 years old and my friend Sarah played Jimmy Buffett’s SONGS YOU KNOW BY HEART for me. That was the moment I became a Parrothead. When I first heard “A Pirate … Continue reading #01: “A Pirate Looks at Forty”

Shelia TaylorNovember 16, 2015

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#02: “Big Western Sky”

SONG: “Big Western Sky” ARTIST: Kik Tracee Going back to the “Music is My God My Best Friend” post again…I wrote: I also read a post from my friend Rob entitled “Hope is Everything” this week. I was so moved by his post. He wrote of suicide and I sat thinking about how his former band’s song “Big Western Sky” was my song of hope. It was a constant … Continue reading #02: “Big Western Sky”

Shelia TaylorNovember 15, 2015

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#03: “Drownin'”

SONG: “Drownin’” ARTIST: Sponge In a February 5, 2012 post titled “Music is My God My Best Friend”, I wrote In 1994, Rotting Piñata from Sponge was released and it had the radio hits “Molly (16 Candles)” and “Plowed” on there but that album was so much more than those songs. That album saved my life. That band’s music saved me from some of the darkest … Continue reading #03: “Drownin’”

Shelia TaylorNovember 14, 2015

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#04: “Maybe Tomorrow”

SONG: “Maybe Tomorrow ARTIST: Stereophonics For me, this song is that hope we all have…”maybe tomorrow…” Maybe tomorrow will be filled with rainbows and unicorns or of love you never thought you’d find or an opportunity that is once in a life time and maybe tomorrow will lead you to where your heart, mind, soul and spirit feel at home. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q9_ZEtuTR8] Continue reading #04: “Maybe Tomorrow”

Shelia TaylorNovember 13, 2015

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#05: “Closer to the Edge”

SONG: “Closer to the Edge” ARTIST: 30 Seconds to Mars What does this song mean to me? Before my mom passed away, just another song my soul connected with. When she was in the hospital, the song I vowed to play every day until she got out. Now that she’s passed away? My way of knowing that she is with me. Her death was a … Continue reading #05: “Closer to the Edge”

Shelia TaylorNovember 12, 2015

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#06: “Comfortable in My Skin”

SONG: “Comfortable in My Skin” ARTIST: Xavier Rudd When I turned 39 last year, I wrote: I’ll continue to be who am without any regard to the number that’s branded on me. As I stand a few days away from turning that Big 4-0, I am even more comfortable in my skin. By the time this posts to the good ol’ interwebs, I will be on … Continue reading #06: “Comfortable in My Skin”

Shelia TaylorNovember 11, 2015

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#07: “11:59”

SONG: “11:59” ARTIST: Michael Franti Back on November 11, 2013, I wrote a post titled “The Song that Opened My Soul” and it was about the power of this song. This is what I wrote: Music normally touches one person’s life, but it is music that touches one soul that makes it amazing and spiritual. There I stood on a boat somewhere in the middle … Continue reading #07: “11:59”

Shelia TaylorNovember 10, 2015