Great point, Peace.

I forgot one more song...(please bear with me).

5. Mike and the Mechanic's "The Living Years" written by Mike Rutherford in memory of his father.

From the first moment I heard that song, it touched me powerfully and inspired me time and time again to get on the phone and talk with my father. I always would tear up when I got to the part of the song where the lyrics go:

I wasn't there that morning
When my father passed away
I didn't get to tell him
All the things I had to say.
I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
I'm sure I heard his echo
In my baby's new born tears
I just wish I could have told him
In the living years


All of the words speak to me although it there that I got emotional. On Christmas Day 2003, I was in London trying all day long to call my father back in the states. I had so much to share with him about my holiday and how I had felt him with me the whole time during that visit. I eventually got through only to hear that that morning my father had passed away from a massive heart attack and died waiting for the coffee to finish brewing.

If it wasn't for this song, I don't think I could share that my father and I only had that last conversation left unsaid, because of this song, I fought my way to not just having a father in my life, past all of the arguments and past hurts- I also had a best friend.

(By the way, I didn't have a baby later that year... just in case you were wondering :)