What a Wonderful Blog
I think the first song I ever heard was "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong. I guess it may just be the first song I ever remember hearing, though. In reality, I'm sure it was some Raffi song my mom had playing for my older siblings. But, "What a Wonderful World" will remain my first song in my memories. My mom used to sing it to me as I fell asleep. To this day, the song makes me cry. In fact, on the first day of my new job this summer, "What a Wonderful World" came on while I was stocking the organic bananas and I started tearing up. The line, "I see friends shaking hands, saying how do you do, they're really saying, I love you," kills me. Absolutely strikes my heart strings every time. I actually do not understand how people can listen to that song and NOT cry. Like, my God, it is beautiful. It magically captures how wonderful our world truly is; even in times of distress and political strife, friends still shake hands. The lit...