Mondo Cozmo

I'm still a pussy for this song. My kids and I spent the better part of two days in September discussing why daddy was crying every time he heard this song.

Then we had to talk about why I kept starting it over.

Then we talked about "getting high" and what that meant, and while at first I danced around it, I think I came up with the perfect description for "getting high". Check it.

"Getting high" is the act, whether literal and physical or figuratively and emotionally, of intentionally losing focus on the things that bring you discomfort. While some choose the physical act of taking something to mentally separate themselves from pain, "getting high" can also mean putting on a song you love and letting it take up your entire focus instead of worry and fear and all the other things we try not to think about.

I think I nailed it. And I hope my kids can accomplish getting high through music like I do. And these tears aren't tears of pain, they're tears of MY WHOLE BODY IS PERSPIRING STRESS BECAUSE OF THIS SONG. 

Mondo Cozmo's "Shine" is my favorite song right now. Again.