Lollipop

I haven't stopped singing this song since yesterday. It was actually kind of fun to sing it in the echoing stairwell of my dorm while doing laundry. It's got such a great beat and smooth harmonies, and the Daughters of Zion sing it so well. They are the High School girls of my church (+ me), and we have so much fun performing it. We sang it twice today for the Doll 2 performances at the Madison Community House, and I noticed something the second time. Well, several somethings. The first was I felt better than I have in a whole week; I wasn't thinking about my cat, and I felt ok about her. The second was that I was enjoying myself. I was having fun, snapping and moving to the beat. The third was the smile I was beaming at the audience. Singing lights me up and makes me feel whole. It's better than any medicine I could ever take.

I enjoy singing songs and thinking about people who match them. Certain details stand out more than others. When thinking about a friend in trouble, I listen to songs about helping each other and pulling them up. When I've lost someone or someone is hurt, I listen to sad songs or songs about healing. When I like someone or a friend of mine is going out on a date, I listen to happy, upbeat songs or songs about smiling and sunlight and love. I love discovering songs that fit the situation perfectly or ironically ("Here Comes the Sun" on the first snowy day of spring, or the "Rutter requiem" for the passing of a pet, or "Whistle while you Work" when you have a stack of homework as tall as you are).

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu!