I saw this email yesterday when I woke up:
I couldn’t remember why that line was so familiar. I thought it was a Pink! song but it turns out it’s Natasha Bedingfield:
So, I had a bunch of memories with this song. But it didn’t come out until 2004. I was still living with my Parents then and I was still an undergrad in college. This song wasn’t even written when I think about what it makes me think of:
Sean was young. Still in a car seat carrier. So he was less than 20 pounds. I placed the car seat on the porch of my Parents’ house and I fumbled with the keys just as it was starting to rain.
I covered Sean with the hood of the car seat as I was trying to open the door. Well, some raindrops landed on his legs and he was so young he could not understand what was going on! He just let out a soft whine. I assured him that I was trying to open the door and then we got into the house.
I’ve never forgotten that moment when he startled at notwanting to feel the rain on his skin. That’s why I was thinking something was important with that line. That seems so long ago! I was still driving and I was still walking back then. And that feels so far in the past it kind of hurts I think but I remember that it happened.