Aerosmith Part 1

Tuesday August 3rd 2010 was an ordinary day for most, for me, who had just had 2 hours of sleep it was more like a day dream.

I got up and quickly saw that I had overslept. The electricity had went out rendering our alarm clock useless. The blink blink blink of the red lights told me, yet again, I had forgotten to purchase those back up batteries. DAMN! I quickly grabbed my phone to see the real time. Whew. Only 30 minutes did I oversleep. I had many nightmares leading up to this day, usually starting like this, oversleeping, to the point of missing this whole day. A day I might not ever get back.

September (something) 1976. I am about 7 years old, my baby sister was just born the month before, that would make my Mother about 28, same age as Steven was then too actually. Being such a young Mom, she introduced me to a hip lifestyle, especially in the music world. I have many many memories of falling asleep in the backseat at night driving home from somewhere that we more than likely just had fun all day, with the tunes of the early 70s and late 60s streaming into my subconscious.

One of those tunes, I have never forgotten. I remember vividly the first time I heard it. I was always told I was an old soul, that surely I was reincarnated from another place and time because I felt and understood words and lyrics so deeply.

The song starts off
"Every time I look in the mirror, all these lines on my face getting clearer, the past is gone, it went by like dusk to dawn, isn't that the way? Every body's got their dues in life to pay."

Even though I was just 7, I felt the words, the feeling
of a life gone by with many regrets. I am sure I couldn't put it into words as such, it was just a gut feeling. A very deep level of thinking.

I have never forgotten.

I asked "Who is that Mama?" I remember her just saying, "a group called Aerosmith honey." I probably just said "oh" or maybe I said nothing at all and just laid back down on that cool vinyl, looking out the back window at the wonder of the stars and how big the sky was. I probably then drifted back off to sleep as I always did.

(to be continued)