Wish List Wednesday!

I need some inspiration for my spare room.  Our little princess moved out of her suite, and we have company coming.  Yay! I have six-weeks to get this done.  We did hit-up Ikea this past weekend, and purchased some items.  This is what I'm hoping to see upon completion.  Although I can tell you now, this is not what we bought. Yikes.

Wish me luck!

Spare Room Ideas by effiegirl featuring murray feiss mirrors

And now, I move on to day #2 of The October Daily!!

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Topic: Get a certain for favorite lyric/s from your favorite song, tell how it inspires or describes me

My song choice is Paradise, by Bruce Springsteen. I chose this song because it reminds me of my sweet father, my daddy.  He passed away in 2003. Too early. Too young.  

While he was living with me in his last few months, me with my son, watched my father out on the patio with both hands in the air, headsets on, listening to Paradise.  We could hear him singing and humming. It was beautiful music to my ears, just hearing him so peaceful and content.  He was going through a lot of health issues.  He was wearing a concert t-shirt I had bought him at the recent Bruce concert I went to.  My dad loved music, maybe that's why I find so much meaning in lyrics.  

Where the river runs to black
I take the schoolbooks from your pack
Plastics, wire and your kiss
The breath of eternity on your lips

When I hear this verse, I dream of my dad thinking of a young girl from grade-school that he may have adored.  It leaves sweet memories for me, even if only in my own story.

I reach and feel your hair
Your smell lingers in the air
I brush your cheek with my fingertips

My dad would always play with my hair, tell me how pretty it was. He would hold my cheek in his hand, and just smile his huge grin.  Or tell me how proud he was of me.

I sink 'neath the river cool and clear
Drifting down I disappear
I see you on the other side
I search for the peace in your eyes
But they're as empty as paradise
They're as empty as paradise 

My dad rests alongside a canal, that leads to the Delaware River.  This helps me to dream that one day, I'll see him again, on the other side.  Until then, I am empty without him.  This song makes me happy, because I see memories and I smile when I hear it.  I don't always think of a song for the story it tells from the song writer view. I see what it says to me.  As in this case, I don't always pay attention to all the lyrics that have different meaning.  The beauty is, I get to pick what I want the song or lyrics, to say to me. 

We also used to sit and listen to Mary Poppins on dad's old stereo console.  Similar to this:

THAT, was the best.  He would put his huge headset on me, so I could hear it.  His grin, was priceless.