Spencer and I have been together for almost 12 years, married for 10.5. It’s been a roller coaster—many ups & downs, but we just hold on tight and enjoy the ride. The last few months have been a long series of lows. It’s starting to wear on both of us. We’re figuring it out, and we have a plan now, but it was really touch and go for awhile. Christmas and New Year both sucked so we had it our head that we would start over on the Chinese New Year.
That didn’t go so well either. We’re running out of do-overs. It’s time to just move on, but I’m the type of person who needs the celebration of each passing moment. I need to mark it somehow. Sometimes that comes in the form of a party, sometimes I commemorate an event or year in a scrapbook; this time around I’m using a playlist.
Music is definitely more his thing than mine. He’s all about he music—from his iPod to his guitar to his latest video game. I, on the other hand, am all about the lyrics. I love words. It’s why I am a voracious reader. It’s why I journal in all my scrapbooks to tell my children our stories. It’s why sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will hurt me more.
In honor of Valentine’s Day, I have put together a list of songs that mean a lot to me in respect to our marriage. Maybe they tell our story, maybe they remind me of him, maybe they came out during a time they seemed relevant but mostly they say musically what I can’t seem to get across. I’m sure he’ll find it incredibly cheesy and hate most of the songs on the list, but marriage is all about compromise.
- Just What I Needed by The Cars
- Head Over Feet by Alanis Morrissette
- This Kiss by Faith Hill
- Accidentally in Love by Counting Crows
- Morning Song by Jewel
- You Gotta Be by Des’Ree
- Stick Shifts and Safety Belts by Cake
- Luna by The Smashing Pumpkins
- Green Buckets by Clutch
- Still the One by Shania Twain
- One Week by Barenaked Ladies
- Clumsy by Fergie
- Bubbly by Colbie Caillat
Oh my Lord, Woman – this post is so NOT cheesy, btw – sending whatever positive karma Garth (not his real name) and I have left, your way!