Song of The Day - Tears by The Chameleons (UK)

As mentioned in many previous posts, we chose every song for the book for a reason. It may be symbolic and it may just be a shout out to the time period and then there are times it is both. Seton and I picked this song because it's about dealing with losing someone you love, but the other reason we chose this song is because our sister Sarah used to put it on all of her mixed tapes. Sarah made some great mixed tapes back in the day! I remember a spring day like this one (the Sun finally coming out after a long winter) and I was cleaning out the shack (which is called The Shanty in TRW) and I was listening to one of Sarah's tapes. This song Tears came on and it stopped me in my tracks. I was flooded with so many memories of a couple of friends I had lost over the previous few years - one to cancer and one to a car accident. The lyrics spoke to how I had felt. It then hit me that Seton was now going through the same thing after losing his friends, and I realized how I wasn't able to help him deal with the pain. All these feelings and thoughts came to me from just pressing play on my walkman. Is there a happy ending to this post? I was later to find out how much Seton also loved the song Tears and listened to it often because it swirled up many emotions he normally kept hidden. This song Tears is one of the many little connections that brought us together to write a book that we hope will help other people who have to face losing a friend or relative especially at an early age. Of course, you can't give a shout out to The Chameleons UK without adding Swamp Thing! Enjoy who you are and have a wonderful holiday weekend with your family and friends!

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-Ted & Seton

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