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Love Won't Let Me Wait by Luther Vandross - It was a school night and we'd put the boys to bed. We'd been sitting on the deck talking and the night was so calm and filled with stars and possibilities. So Melvin suggested we ride around the block with the top down on "The Ghost" and enjoy the breeze. I agreed. My grand dad always said, "A man that lets you drive his car really likes you." Well I got to drive. As I pulled out of the driveway, on the radio was the intro to this song, whew. The whirling sound "The Ghost" made, the iridescent blue light on the dash, me in the drivers seat and Melvin to my right...paradise.
Whip Appeal by Babyface - Self explanatory, OKAAAY!!!
Tenderoni by Bobby Brown - Melvin's best friend was J.B. and I would here him telling J.B., "Man I got me a tender, a tenderoni."
Can You Stop the Rain by Peabo Bryson - Now you know no love story is perfect and in the days to come you'll see that too, so, on an occasion that I was angry with Melvin and left him for about nine days, this song was his present to me. We always had make up songs that he would dedicate to me.When he played this song for me I realized the depth of our devotion to one another and I knew, without a doubt, our love was real.
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A Song for you by The Temptations - Death really hits the loved ones after the services are completed and all the people are gone. I cried everyday for eight months straight, sometimes for hours. The only thing that would dam the flood was this song that I would play on a CD player with headphones on repeat, over and over and over until I fell asleep.
Thank you Sonya Johnson for the CD player.
Heaven - by Jamie Foxx - My youngest son Michael, brought me this CD, "Ma it's like Jamie Foxx made this CD just for you, you'll like these songs!" and I did, but this one stood out the most.
The Garden by Marvin Sapp - I wanted to know what Melvin was doing in Heaven and was he okay and I just asked God and his Son so many questions about my baby's journey and I felt like I wasn't getting any answers. I never voiced that to anyone, but a friend gave me the CD and I procrastinated and didn't get my message until weeks later. While everyone was mesmerized by Never would have made it, it was the song before that captured me. If you have the CD you know that right before the song comes on, Sapp is singing "find your place of worship... ", I was in my car, dreading going upstairs without Poo hiding, and I heard it, "I come to the garden,aaaalloone, while the dew is still on the roses..." God is truly awesome.
Thank you Shalanda Craver for the CD.
and last, and most importantly;
I'm Still With You by Eric Benet - I could not get the song Pretty Baby out of my head so I asked my brother to burn me a copy of the CD. Driving helps calm me know, so I rode with that CD a while. Now y'all know Benet can belt a serenade, so all the songs are good, but the last cut blew me away. I know this one was written for me, whoever wrote it may have had other ideas, but as for me, I'm claiming the muse.
Because we listened to music all the time and communicated through the lyrics, I know the AMD songs were sent to my from Heaven, he had to let me know he was still thinking of me too and trying to help me make sense of life without him.
Tomorrow,
"Angel of the Morning"
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