Bob Marley Magic

Here's a little story to touch your heart. On the phone with my mom last week, she mentioned that at the trailer on Thanksgiving weekend they heard the song "One Love" by Bob Marley on the radio. Hearing it made her break out in song and dance. On a normal day, my mom wouldn't know a Bob Marley song from Liam banging pots and pans, but "One Love" has become the one song in her repetoire of reggae music since it appeared on our wedding CD. While we were talking I had the iPod playing in the background and just as she started telling me this, "One Love" started. No joke. We have 950 songs on the iPod and it's always set on random for the entire playlist, so the odds of that song beginning at that moment are not high, you could say exactly 1 in 950, so hearing it threw me for an emotional loop. I didn't cry, if that's what you're thinking, but I was touched by the heart-warming magic that music can make between a mother and son who are 10,000 kilometres apart. It was just one of those weird moments that only a dead rastaman could produce from beyond the grave. To quote Mr. Marley: "Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel alright." My mom and dad are leaving for Florida on Wednesday for 4 weeks so this is a send-off blog for them. Have a good trip mom and dad and the blog will only be as far away as your nearest library computer.