Shortly after my husband & I got married, I started working a second shift job, so we only saw each other on weekends. We were, quite literally, never home at the same time during the week.

"Gotta Be" by Desiree came out at that time, and it reminded me that we had to be strong, we had to be wise, we had to be hard enough to make it work. That was 14 years ago, and we're still going strong.

I remember that one!

"These are Days" by 10,000 Maniacs is one of those songs that helps me center and remember how miraculous life is.

You'll know it's true,
that you are blessed and lucky
It's true that you are touched by something
that will grow and bloom in you.

These are the days you might fill with laughter
until you break.
These days you might feel a shaft of light
make its way across your face.

And when you do:
Then you'll know how it was meant to be.
See the signs and know their meaning.
It's true

Then you'll know how it was meant to be.
Hear the signs and know they're speaking to you,
to you.

Damn. I thought this was gonna be all about the late Godfather of Soul, James Brown.

It got me, too the first time, TD.

How's that golf game coming along?

" I Think I like it " from the Boston album Third Stage. No matter how down I am or how bad my day went, that song brings me back up.

I did, too. the big payback, make it funky, this is a man's man's world, living in america

The first few chords of just about ANY Boston song perk me up!