Parents are the most likely choice of course. I was blessed to be able to spend time with both of mine before they passed away and I am confident that I left no words unsaid. Next up is the teacher who mentored me. I am actually friends with said teacher, who is hopefully reading this, and I am confident she knows. I am ninety percent on top of my thank you note writing - I think I even write thank you notes to people who send ME thank you gifts and notes. I could thank my husband - if I were taking to him - just kidding! I thank him every day for merely putting up with me. I take time to thank God every day for my life, for life in general, for everything really. Plus I am saving Him for the big Oscar thank you, in case I ever get around to pursuing that acting career. I counted yesterday how many times I said thank you - 105! Those thank you's were for the door holder, bag packer, salad maker, water glass filler upper - I was thirsty so he got 6. But these thank you's were to people who did not have a big impact - they just made my day better.
No, I have narrowed it down to the fact that I would send my thanks to Bruce Springsteen. I thought for awhile maybe I would write to Harper Lee or Jane Austen for writing my favorite books, or to Bill Cosby for making me laugh out loud as a kid. Why is there air anyway? Why did Fat Albert's friend wear that hat over his face? I thought I should write to one of my sisters. I have 3, well 5 since I like to include my sisters - in - law, and I know I can never pick one of them because they have all impacted my life in very different but significant ways. I have fabulous friends and they all deserve more than thanks for being my friend - no easy task I am certain - but I feel confident they too know how grateful I am for their friendship. So I am back to Springsteen.
Why the Boss? As long as I can remember his songs have been my favorite, the words poetic, the concerts epic. Most of my favorite memories are relived whenever I hear one of his songs. It seems silly to say his music is the soundtrack of my life - well then call me silly because it's true. Sure I listen to and love other genre's of music and other artists and groups, but none as much as him. I still go to his concerts, still blast his songs in my car and still remember all the fun times I have had with his songs playing in the background.
So here it goes:
Thank you for your decades worth of music that have been the soundtrack of my life. Thank you for giving your all at every concert. Thank you for writing Rosalita so I could sing it at the top of my lungs all through High School. Thank you for singing Pete Seeger's songs for a new generation of listeners. Thank you for putting Nils Lofgren in the E Street Band. Most of all thanks for continuing to write meaningful songs that make us think about something other than ourselves.
You Rock!
Forever Your Fan,
Magda K. Mooers
To whom would you write? (Or is that who?)
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