Disclaimer: There are several songs that remind me of the time in our lives when Gabriel and Connor were not on the same school schedule and that allowed Connor to have some time alone with myself and Larry. So, because of that and to save myself time and effort I will write the pertinent background information and just reuse it at the beginning of each of these songs, then I will include any special memory specific to the song listed. Now on to the background information…
When we moved to Lancaster, Ohio the boys went to school for several years at Fairfield Christian Church (Preschool) and then Fairfield Christian Academy (Kindergarten and up). Depending on your age you might attend preschool for 1,2,3 or 5 days. These were half days in the morning or afternoon; Kindergarten was all day 5 days a week. Since Connor was a year behind Gabriel in school it allowed for them to be on mostly different schedules until Connor started Kindergarten. This was nice because as the second born and only being 13 months younger than Gabriel he never got any real alone time with mom and dad and this was mostly one on one alone time with mom and dad because Larry and I were still working separate shifts. I greatly appreciated this time and I’m sure Larry did as well and, in the moment, so did Connor but I don’t know if he would really remember that now since he was so young then (between the ages of 3 and 6).
Sometimes if the weather was nice Larry would meet me at a park in Pickerington that was about halfway between home and work or sometimes it was while running errands in Lancaster or even just waiting to pick Gabriel up from school, but these were all opportunities for us to have music playing and for a little while these were the songs of choice, Connor’s choice.
“Sending out an SOS.”
“(Roxanne) Put on the red light.”
Connor liked for us to sing together when we would run errands while Gabriel was at school and each time when we would start either one of these particular songs, he would announce what parts I was responsible for singing during the chorus so it was not unusual to hear him telling me “Mommy, this time I’ll sing the Roxanne part and you sing the red light part” or “I want to sing the SOS part this time”. Just a really happy /fun memory that I keep close to my heart.
LB notes:
I recall this time - Gabriel had the luxury of us all to himself for 13 months, and then Connor really didn't save for these instances.
If you know anything about The Police and more importantly the meaning behind a lot of their songs, (see Every Breath You Take, for example, or even these two) you're probably saying "WTF - how could you listen to these songs with your kids?"
To that, I say - I don't care.
They weren't old enough to understand the lyrics, the music was fantastic and it created these memories that are burned into our minds.
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