Song Flashback

Ever find a song that when played immediately throws you back to another time and place?  That was me today when I was playing around on Grooveshark looking for various songs and stumbled across this old one by Reba McEntire.  As soon as I pushed play and the first note struck my ear I was sent back in time to when I was in preschool and living in Federal Way.  Though, the flashback was even more specific. 

Back when I lived in Federal Way, my parents used to have me babysat by our neighbors Brian and Colleen Clark.  They were this wonderful couple who had a couple of kids in high school.  My mom's old friend Molly had a daughter of her own that was just a year younger than me, Amber.  Amber was also babysat with Brian and Colleen with me.  We were really good friends, hung out every day at Brian and Colleen's.  We would play all sorts of things like G.I. Joes, Micro machines, and Lincoln Logs. 

Brian and Colleen (and to me at least it seemed like the whole world) listened to country music.  So I did too.

This song took me straight back to these days.  Specifically playing Lincoln Logs in Brian and Colleen's daughter's room with my friend Amber having a blast.  Made me want to cry cause of the flood of good memories it brought back.

Colleen passed away a few years back.  I last saw her in 2000 when her and Brian came to visit Spokane.  I miss her deeply.