Day 5 – A song that reminds you of someone

Song: "O Superman (For Massenet)" - Laurie Anderson, Big Science (1982)

This was a tough one for me. I'm one of those people who associates songs with just about everything, including virtually everyone I know. Songs are always more to me than just songs. They're flags that help me remember people, places, events and all the memories and feelings I have connected to them. I can't scroll through my iTunes library without remembering all sorts of people. So, in the end, I decided to take the sentimental route and choose a song that reminds me of my mother.

This song can do terrible things to me. Maybe it's because I've rarely seen my mother since I was a small child. After my parents divorced, she moved to Wisconsin, while I had to stay in Seattle with my father. She's been a tremendous influence in my life, but almost always from afar, being a parent to the best of her abilities through phone calls and the occasional package of gifts and goodies. Even though she was never around to see me go through all the day-to-day events of growing up, she's always been there, believing in me all the way from Wisconsin.

"'Cause when love is gone...there's always justice,
And when justice is gone...there's always force,
And when force is gone...there's always Mom."

(30 Days List)