Today's Song of the Day

Nobody Told Me, John Lennon, 1984

I realized last night that I've been divorced for 16 years. Wow. That's a long time. I've been divorced one year shy of how long I was married. It's so weird to think about -- I was (primarily) somebody's daughter for 19 years. Then, I was (primarily) somebody's wife for 17 years. Now, here I am on the precipice of being on my own for a longer stretch of time than either of those chapters. It feels good.

Strange days indeed.

Sure, I love these lyrics -- who doesn't, right? I think about this song all the time. After all, it's classic John just talking/sorta preaching to all of us, ya know. Yes, this is poignant John storytelling at its finest but there's so much more to this song. I love the story of this song's journey to make it to our ears -- it was a long and winding road (sorry, it had to be done 😁). I love that this is a song from my youth, too. That's kind of remarkable.

I share John's lament pretty dang often in both good and not so good situations -- nobody told me there'd be days like these. You can't really prepare for life, can we? We just have to live it as it unfolds.

Happy Saturday!