Music Monday

If you get into a car after me, you'll probably wonder why I listen to my music so loudly. Confession: it is so I can drown out the noise in my own head. I'm always planning lessons in my head, holding conversations with people that aren't there, and imagining things that will never happen. Yes... I actually talk out loud to myself in my Mustang. In the Saturn, I don't as much because I'm convinced Andy had it bugged years ago. (hehehe... but only partially joking...)

This year, I actually have a commute to work (20 minutes down a beautiful road). I make it a point every morning and afternoon to STOP this insane thinking, and just enjoy cruising around the curves in my dream car. I turn up my radio, and flip around to the songs of my choice. It is my little piece of amazing every day.

And this song- always makes me happy. I never skip it. I scream it at the top of my lungs. I scream for all of my girl students that are in the middle of trying to find themselves. I scream it for all the adult women in my life, praying that they all know just how much they have to offer the world. I scream it for my nieces, hoping they can somehow hear me, and that they will hear me in the future when life gets much more complicated than it is for them now.

And I scream it for myself because I too am beautiful.

If you are reading this, I hope you know you are beautiful. 

The song of the day: Don't You Know You're Beautiful, Kellie Pickler

Hey little girl with your tangled hair, your tattered clothes
You're fifteen and you're about to bloom just like a rose
You're wishing that you had designer jeans
Like the ones you see in magazines
Now I know you' give anything just to fit in
But your worth ain't on a price tag, it comes from within

Don't you know you're beautiful
Don't you know you're beautiful
Don't you know you're beautiful
Just the way you are

Hey there little homecoming queen in that back seat
I'll bet his brown eyes are promising you everything
And I know you want to be just like your friends
But he'll still love you if you don't give in
But if those girls were being honest that have been where you're at
I' bet they' tell you they wish they had their innocence back

Don't you know you're beautiful
Don't you know you're beautiful
Don't you know you're beautiful
Just the way you are

So he left you for a girl that could be your twin
If you were 28 again
Let him go, let him fly
Keep your head up, get on with your life

Don't you know you're beautiful
Don't you know you're beautiful
Don't you know you're beautiful
Just the way you are