Fields of Joy

Music, song, taste, and smell can transport us back in time to moments we wish we could capture again, or perhaps forget forever. Our senses are truly amazing, when I smell strawberry lip balm from the body shop, it instantly transports me back to Summertime at the beach. My friends and I used to smother it on, we were obsessed. Summer breeze, sunshine, waves, surf boards, flirting with boys, eating ice-cream, short skirts, bikinis and strawberry lip balm. Great memories.

I still remember the first time my then boyfriend, now nubby, told me about the song ‘Yellow’, by Cold Play. He told me he had heard this new song and it reminded him of me, of how the starts shone for me, he was shy then, so it was sweet, and years later we danced to it at our Wedding. Even more years latter my daughter was chosen to dance a choreographed contemporary routine, and surprise the teacher chose ‘Yellow’ as the song she would dance to!

Music, and song have a way of getting into our souls, they trigger memories, the move us. Singing for me has always been something I love to do (not that I sound so hot), I mean why deny ourselves something we love, (even if it hurts other’s ears), life is for singing! (Or is it living?) I love music, so there!

I hear songs play on the radio that I heard as a child and it takes me back to my sister and I in the car singing loudly to my parents cassette tapes. We took lots of road trips as kids, and singing was a great way to pass the time. (And there were no ipads). (Gosh I sound like a dinosaur)! There are songs that remind me of my Grandma, songs that remind me of dancing around the house. Like Madonna’s ‘Pappa don’t preach’, I clearly remember a tiny Mackenzie wearing her big sisters skirt covered in love hearts,( with my big brothers as judges), dancing around showing my most awesome moves and getting 2 ten out of tens!!!!! I felt like a STAR! I also remember mum telling me I was singing ‘Like a virgin’ when we were in the supermarket one day, she nearly died of embarrassment, but I din’t even know what the words meant!

Of course there were the heart break songs, the songs that I cried into my pillow over. Holiday romance songs. I hate you songs. Girls just wanna have fun songs. Songs we changed the lyrics to suit ourselves songs. I never heard a song with my real name in it, so sometimes a girl just had to replace another girls name with her own! Good memories, so many good memories.

One of my favourite memories is of me and one of my very best friends dancing around my bedroom at age 16 to Lenny Kravitz, she introduced me to him (well his music, the closest I ever got to him was at a concert), her older sister loved him and we did as well. We had the biggest crush on him and his music.

Music touches our hearts, affects us so deeply, some songs I just can’t help but turn up the volume to, they make you want to sing. There are songs you just have to dance to, (well I do), like Mark Ronson, Uptown Funk with Bruno Mars, seriously you have to move to that song! I dare you to not! Seriously I am daring you! Watch the video, Bruno Mars is so talented. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPf0YbXqDm0.

Other songs, well they take you to a place of sadness. My beautiful friend who I shared many a fun sleep over with, music cranked up on my first CD player (luckily my bedroom was upstairs away from my poor parents), dancing to Lenny Kravitz, singing all his songs, she tragically passed away when I was pregnant with my son 5 years ago. I went to see her in the hospital, the Dr’s had declared her brain dead, and she lay there with a tube breathing for her. I was blessed to have some time alone with her. She looked so different from that vibrant girl at 16, and to the amazing fun woman she had grown to be. She was only in her early 30’s, and her life was ending. All I could think of was how happy we used to be together in my room, laughing, chatting about the boys we were dating, or who we had a secret crush on. Sharing clothes, eating chocolate and dreaming of Lenny. As Rebecca lay there, I sang to her, it was all I had left to offer her. I don’t know if she heard me, I guess doctors would say no, but in my heart I believed yes. I wanted her to go with happy memories, with peace and love. As I stroked her golden hair, I sang

“Fields Of Joy”

Let’s wander slowly through the fields
Slowly slowly through the fields
I touch the leaves that touch the sky
Just you and I through fields of joy

All trouble slowly fades away
Slowly slowly fades away
I hold your hand inside my hand
Across the land through fields of joy

The sound of music that we hear
The blend of colors in the air
All cities, mountains disappear from view
All truth and beauty near to me and you

With you through the fields
With you through the fields
With you through the fields
The fields of joy

Let’s wander slowly through the fields
Slowly slowly through the fields
I know our love will never die
Just you and I
Through fields of joy
Through fields of joy

Lenny Kravitz

I dedicate this blog post to my beautiful friend, always in my heart, Rebecca Wallis

Thanks for joining me, love Mackenzie xx

 

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