Project Gratitude - Day 17

Day 17 -

Today I am so very thankful for music. I'm thankful that I grew up in a home that music was a part of (well, more than just a part...a really BIG part lol). You know by now that I am a fan of words and using them to accurately communicate something, but in my brother's house there is a picture on the wall that says "Where words fail, music speaks." Honestly, when I first read it, I was a little hurt lol, I didn't like the idea of words failing, but after thinking about it...it is true. There have been countless times where I have not had the words to describe a feeling and then I will hear a song that resonates so perfectly with whatever I may be feeling. So, today, I am thankful for the gift of music. :)

I am also very grateful for a former teacher of mine...Steve Broberg. He was my 8th grade English teacher, but he always wore the hat of a friend as well. He taught me about poetry, I can't say a ton of it stuck though (sorry Steve!), most of the time I still feel confused after reading it, but I appreciate the effort he put in to try and help me make sense of it. When I didn't do my best at something and he knew it and he didn't hesitate to tell me. Of course, these times were close to none, what with my being the perfect student and all (yeah, right!). He was one of the first people I remember knowing that loved words and language and that made a lasting impression on me, one I would return to later in my life. Steve Broberg is still a friend today and I am so thankful that God placed him in my life when he did. I hope to make him proud with some form of literary work someday, but of course this would require me to get rid of the habit I have had since Junior High of overuse and under use of commas lol. I can't ever seem to get that one right, but that's what editors are for ;) someday, anyway. Thank Steve for, well, just being you. :)