Every Sunday morning I get up earlier than the rest of the house. It’s my day off and a chance to sit and drink my coffee without having to rush out to work. I’ve been working a lot of overtime so this is a gift. I am a Jersey girl, most Sundays I listen to Bruce Springsteen on Pandora. Today it has me thinking about just what does his music mean to me? It reminds me of a simpler time in the world, when I was a kid and things weren’t so hectic and scary, the way they are now.

I wish my kids had grown up the way I did, out riding my bike all day with my friends, playing manhunt when it got dark, laying on the beach in the summer with my cousins listening to Bruce. Those were the days when you had to carry your boom box around to listen to music, or if you were very lucky you had a Walkman.

There was no streaming and we didn’t know what we were missing, we got excited to hear our favorite song on the radio. If you wanted to tape it, you had to wait till it came on and hope the DJ didn’t talk through the best parts. We went to Rocky Horror at midnight on Friday night and cruised around on Saturday night down in Seaside.I’m grateful to have this convenience to cue up any song I want (Jungleland) to drink my coffee to or clean my house but god damn those were good times too!!!

So, one of my girl crushes is Holly Hunter. I say one because have few including all the actresse who have played Lisbeth Salander; Rooney Mara, Noomie Replace, and, Claire Foy.

I love me some Lisbeth but that’s for another blog. Anyway back to fabulous Holly, I have loved her since way before Saving Grace, which is my all time favorite show ever!! I mean ever. Even more than the Norman Reedus show ( I mean Walking Dead 😉😆). I mean her voice is raspy like his too!!! What could be bad? Also she’s a phenomenal actress.

Anyway, I am a pediatric special care nurse and I work with medically fragile children. It is a job I love and am so grateful to have.

Since I work with kids I end up watching alot of kid shows and cartoons. So The Incredibles? You’ve heard of it I’m sure. She voices Elastagirl and I. Am. Here. For. It.

So watching this movie with my little patient reminded me of Saving Grace and how much I love that show. Her character in that show, Grace always just spoke to me on a visceral level and she did it so well.

It’s time for a rewatch, soon. That show always uplifts me and makes me happy. In a world of uncertainty it’s so good to have my shows to turn to.