When Ellie proposed, she had a playlist on her iPod all ready to go when we got back into the car. It was chock full of songs that made her think about me, or that she knew made me think of her. Oddly enough, despite her love of music, we don't yet have "our song" because she can't narrow it down to just one, and the songs I would pick really don't work for her (she doesn't dislike them, I think they just don't 'speak' to her). Yes, the wedding is less than 8 months away, but I knew our 1st dance song would be hard to choose. I was hoping to convince her to do it, but she refused, only going so far as to narrow down the huge playlist from our engagement (not a bad place to start IMHO) to 6 songs. Now it's up to me and she's not giving me any more help!!
So I sat down at work yesterday morning, pulled up all the lyrics and YouTubed each song. Bringing the field down by half was pretty easy actually--those that did't make me cry were eliminated (hey, a girl needs SOME type of measurement!), but I still have three. I honestly didn't think this would be so difficult!! I've been listening to them on almost constant repeat much of the afternoon, with each affecting me to various degrees of crying, happiness and "this is it." Ellie gave me hell last night about which three I chose; and today I thought it wouldn't be harmful to be public about them--you'll have to come to the wedding or read the recaps after September if you want to know which one I chose!
If you care to hear them, click play on the videos below--the artist names link to their websites for credit purposes.
She's More - Andy Griggs
Then - Brad Paisley
Whatever It Is - Zac Brown Band
So I sat down at work yesterday morning, pulled up all the lyrics and YouTubed each song. Bringing the field down by half was pretty easy actually--those that did't make me cry were eliminated (hey, a girl needs SOME type of measurement!), but I still have three. I honestly didn't think this would be so difficult!! I've been listening to them on almost constant repeat much of the afternoon, with each affecting me to various degrees of crying, happiness and "this is it." Ellie gave me hell last night about which three I chose; and today I thought it wouldn't be harmful to be public about them--you'll have to come to the wedding or read the recaps after September if you want to know which one I chose!
If you care to hear them, click play on the videos below--the artist names link to their websites for credit purposes.
She's More - Andy Griggs
Then - Brad Paisley
Whatever It Is - Zac Brown Band
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