{"id":2426,"date":"2016-02-17T11:22:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T16:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/?p=2426"},"modified":"2016-02-17T11:22:44","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T16:22:44","slug":"time-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/17\/time-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #51c447;\">What song transports you through time?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"id_56c48975da0e25b87826083\" class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\">\n<p>I used to listen to David Gray when my son was an infant, often times while holding him close and swaying to the music, trying to comfort him during painful colicky moments. Today, whenever I hear a David Gray song, I&#8217;m instantly transported back to those special bonding moments with my son. It&#8217;s amazing how music can allow us to freely travel through time.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a newer David Gray song I recently heard on the radio\u00a0titled, &#8220;Back In The World&#8221;. I really enjo<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">yed it. His familiar sound caught my attention, and I especially loved the upbeat, soothing rhythm and inspiring lyrics:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"David Gray - Back In The World (Official Video)\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mBS6UgiYTr4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"id_56c48975da0e25b87826083\" class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\">\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"><em>&#8220;Every day when I open my eyes now<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> It feels like a Saturday<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> Taking down from the shelf<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> All the parts of myself<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> That I packed away<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> If it&#8217;s love put the joy in my heart<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> Is it God by another name<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> Who&#8217;s to say how it goes<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> All I know is<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> I&#8217;m back in the world again<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"><em>Like the lift of a curse<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> Got a whole different person<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> Inside my head<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> No more trudging around<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> Stony eyed through the town<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> Like the living dead no<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> It&#8217;s love that lifts us from the dark<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> Is it God by another name<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> Who&#8217;s to say how it goes<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> All I know is<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> I&#8217;m back in the world again<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> Back in the world again<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"><em>It&#8217;s the only way to be<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> It&#8217;s the only way to be<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> I&#8217;m naked like a tree<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> It&#8217;s the only way to be<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> I&#8217;m naked like a tree<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> It&#8217;s the only way to be<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"><em>Less than sand on the beach<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> Staring into the reaches of space and time<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> I&#8217;m singing out words<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> But the voice that I hear<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> It seems barely mine<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> If it&#8217;s love put the song in my heart<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> Is it God by another name<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> Who&#8217;s to say how it goes<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> All I know is<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> I&#8217;m back in the world again<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> Who&#8217;s to say how it goes<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> All I know is<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> I&#8217;m back in the world again<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> Back in the world again<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"><em>It&#8217;s the only way to be<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> It&#8217;s the only way to be<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> I&#8217;m naked like a tree<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a375d1;\"> <em> It&#8217;s the only way to be<\/em><em>&#8220;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~<br \/>\nNow on Facebook!\u00a0<a title=\"click here for my HISTG.com FB page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HoneyIShrunkTheGrief\" target=\"_blank\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HoneyIShrunkTheGrief<br \/>\n<\/span><\/u><\/a>Now on Twitter!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricVaiksnoras\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricVaiksnoras<\/span><\/u><\/a><a title=\"click here for my HISTG.com Twitter page\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricVaiksnoras\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a>Check out my book!\u00a0<a title=\"my book \" href=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/book\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/book\/<br \/>\n<\/span><\/u><\/a>Feeling grateful? or feeling low?\u00a0<a title=\"HISTG Thank You Card blog post\" href=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/27\/sign-the-thank-you-card-today\/\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Sign the Thank You Card! \u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"click here to return to my home page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">click here to return to home page<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What song transports you through time? I used to listen to David Gray when my son was an infant, often times while holding him close and swaying to the music, trying to comfort him during painful colicky moments. Today, whenever &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/17\/time-travel\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,119,192,129,193,267,85,109,183,277,185,13,54,14,44,21,184,253,130,290,287,136,131,299,298,12,20,11,57,25],"class_list":["post-2426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love-will-find-a-way","tag-a-young-widower-discovers-love-will-find-a-way","tag-all-are-one","tag-celebrate-our-disabilities-and-heartbreaks-for-they-make-us-beautiful","tag-death","tag-defy","tag-different-can-be-good","tag-eric-vaiksnoras","tag-faith","tag-feeling-grateful-or-feeling-low-sign-the-thank-you-card","tag-finding-love-in-grief","tag-follow-on-twitter","tag-grief","tag-griever","tag-grieving","tag-honey-i-shrunk-the-grief","tag-hope","tag-like-on-facebook","tag-live-laugh-and-love","tag-loss","tag-love-heals","tag-love-lights-the-way","tag-loving-thoughts-and-actions-give-my-life-meaning","tag-mourn","tag-music-connects","tag-time-travel","tag-widow","tag-widowed","tag-widower","tag-www-honeyishrunkthegrief-com","tag-young-widower"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2426"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2439,"href":"https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426\/revisions\/2439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}