Thanks, Daddy!!! 💜💜💜

So, my YouTube feed is filled with horrible news again with all that is going on in the world! As I was scrolling through it, I found this video:

I remember seeing them perform the song when I went to their concert with my brother, Steve, and a few colleagues from work. I remember Bono talking about why he wrote this song and dedicated it to his dad, Paul Hewson. I dug his reasoning for writing this song and this was less than six months before my own Dad would die.

I listened to their 18 Singles CD on my way to work for a long time.

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I had just started my second year teaching and it was still dark when I drove to work. I would listen to this song continuously on my way and sing along and sob. I would put my sunglasses on as I walked into my school on my crutches in the morning when it was still dark.

I wore my sunglasses when I got my work done before school started so my eyes would not be read and puffed up in front of students, when I began teaching.

I really liked seeing this video in the middle of all the terrible news stories of the events taking place now. As I watched it, I remember driving and listening to it in the dark and crying. The tears came back today as I listened and remembered that time. I choose to think that my Dad had something to do with it showing up in my YouTube feed and for that, Thanks, Daddy!!! 💜💜💜