The Truth Hurts

From the first time I heard her voice, I fell in love

Mariah is my all time favorite singer- hands down

(Haters-please leave the comments to yourself! and sister I promise not to tell anyone that you sung along to her songs at the concert!)
I know she's a little coo coo at times

but you cannot deny that noone can belt it out like she does

and since she writes alot of her own music

most of the songs DO end up sounding exactly like the last one,

she repeat what she's said before

that just makes it easier for ME to learn the words,

so it's all GOOD

Love you Mariah!!

Since I have such a love for this girl

her music is always playing in my car

If I've got a 6 disc player, probably 4, if not 5 out of the 6 are full of her cd's

I know, I know, you can hook up ipods, but that's just too much damn technolgy!

Her music blasts as loud as possible from my speakers

I sing at the top of my lungs

and yes, if I'm really into it,

I'll even do the one finger holding my ear just to make sure I'm on key!

(now if you've ever heard me sing, you know just how wrong that is!!)

Since I know babies are soothed by the sounds that they hear in the womb

With baby #3, I was sure that it was gonna be something I could stand to listen to over and over

You may think I'm crazy

but to this day (my boy is now 3 1/2)

if he is/was EVER fussy, crying, screaming in the car

pop in MC (Emancipation CD is his favorite!)

within the first two bars

S I L E N C E

People are actually quite amazed at how this works,

Grandma would always yell, Where's Mariah??!!!

However as your children get older

they come to realize the truths in life

Their parents are just not quite the super human that they believed them to be

(My girls are now 15 and 12)

This is what they proceed to tell me as we're driving down the street the other day...

Teenager: I remember when I thought you could sing like Mariah

Pre-teen: oh yeah, me too

Teenager: I used to tell ALL my friends you could sing just like her

Pre-teen: I got in a fight with a kid at school about it

He said his mom could sing like Mariah

I said no, my mom REALLY does sing just like her!

Me: What do you mean? You think I don't sound like her?

Maybe it's cause I had the music up so loud

Teenager: No, I think it's cause now we're allowed to sit in the front seat!!!!

Sometimes, the truth hurts!