I am not normally the type of person that responds to a complete stranger’s blog – but there’s a first time for everything. I was so touched that I felt compelled to write….

I was washing dishes earlier today with my TV set to an episode of “Sex and the City.” I wasn’t even watching the TV, but I heard Badly Drawn Boy’s “I Love N.Y.E” come on and before I knew it I was holding my dishcloth in one hand and a dish in the other with tears streaming down my face. There is something about that song that prompts a purley visceral response in me. It moves me – even if only snippets of it (as in the Saturn commercial, which gets me by surprise every time) – and once it is finished its powerful crescendo, I am left with a profound sadness and a profound happiness. It’s as if the song acknoweldges its underlying sorrow and makes way for hope…and I will listen to it over and over just to feel that dichotomy of emotion (for three minutes and twenty seconds).

I don’t know you or your family – but I wish you all my best. Your post has reminded me of the strength and power of music in truly being able to move the soul.

Thank you.

Jessica C.