Country Music

Warning: I'm about to get sentimental...
Okay, so that last post was a very angry one. But it felt real nice to get that out of my head and put into words. Even on my little blog. Venting is good.
After I made that post I was still pretty heated. Till I heard a song come on the radio. 'I Think About You' by Colin Raye. Most people probably have never heard of this guy. That's okay. But it calmed me down instantly and brought a memory back.
A couple years ago when my Aunt passed away my uncle gave me some old videos of family birthdays and get togethers. I guess he couldn't bare to look at them anymore.
I think the videos ranged from when I was just a baby till I was about 12.
Wow. Those videos had me crying in about 10 seconds of watching them. Happy tears tho. Memories that I am SO GRATEFUL for being able to watch on my television. The majority of my family members on those videos have passed away. I miss them so much. Our family was always very close that way. Dinners every other weekend and if it was someones birthday, everyone would go all out. I hope that if I ever have kids I can make their childhood just as special and full of good memories.
Anyway, back to the music. In almost all those videos of me and my brothers birthdays or just backyard bbq's, there is country music playing in the background. All the good old songs that I still listen to today. The ones that take me back. I grew up on the stuff. So whenever I hear a country song from when I was younger. It makes me think of my family. And my Aunt especially. I miss her so much that it hurts. I wish she was here.
I still listen to country music today. The new stuff is awesome and I love it, but its the memories and the feelings that I get from listening to it that keeps me so attached. That and the pure awesomeness and sexy cowboys of course haha ;)
A lot of my friends love country music and a lot of my friends don't like country music. And a lot of the time I get pokes for listening to it or hear my friends make fun of it. And to each their own. I'm not going to hate someone for their own taste. I just take it with a grain of salt and laugh along most of the time because I'm so used it now. I know that country sometimes has its reputation of that twang and silly hill billies. But I'll never be turned away from it. And the people who read this will now know why. Why I love country music so much.