{"id":497,"date":"2015-05-29T06:50:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=497"},"modified":"2015-05-29T01:00:25","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T05:00:25","slug":"week-37-the-power-of-love-whats-on-your-summer-playlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=497","title":{"rendered":"Week #37 – “The Power of Love” (What’s on your summer playlist?)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Week #37 – “The Power of Love” (What’s on your summer playlist?!)<\/strong><\/p>\n

During one particular summer growing up…a newly released movie called “Back to the Future” featured a little ditty by a guy named Huey Lewis. \u00a0“The Power of Love” became a mega-hit that year…and you could hear it playing EVERYWHERE\u00a0you went.<\/span><\/p>\n

As an adult, Rob always texted me whenever he heard it. \u00a0He called it our “Great Adventure song” because during that particular summer growing up, maybe it was the first summer we ever went to Great Adventure, it seemed to be playing every single time.\u00a0 (FYI — Great Adventure is what people from New Jersey used to call Six Flags!)<\/p>\n

Now…to this day…it carries more than just the memories of a theme park. \u00a0Every time I hear it, it’s a reminder of HIM. \u00a0HIS memories…the things HE found important…and the\u00a0times HE cherished.<\/p>\n

“Summer” unofficially began this week and I’ve been feeling dark. \u00a0I miss him. \u00a0We all do. \u00a0And the start of another beach season just serves to remind me that he’s really gone. \u00a0Last year there was hope. \u00a0This year…not so much.<\/p>\n

This week\u00a0I\u00a0heard The Power of Love playing in a restaurant. \u00a0It reminded me of Great Adventure at first — but then it reminded me of him and all the summers we shared together. \u00a0All the miles we drove to ride roller coasters and water slides. \u00a0Memories that are just as much alive today as they were last year…and will be forever.<\/p>\n

A smile crept across my face. \u00a0That’s the Power of Love…indeed!<\/p>\n

Your assignment for the week: What’s on your summer playlist? \u00a0<\/strong>What songs take you back to good times, fun times, happy\u00a0times? \u00a0As a kid, we’d assemble all those songs individually and then record them on a “mix” tape. \u00a0(Maybe we’d even give them to someone special!) \u00a0Now your phone can do it for you! \u00a0With today’s technology we are never far away from happy memories. \u00a0Assemble yourself a playlist…and remind your body (and your brain) how it feels to have the time of your life!<\/p>\n

Spread Happyness — roll down your windows and blast that music!<\/strong><\/p>\n

(And share your favorite summer songs in the comments!)<\/p>\n

5\/29\/15 by Grace Church
\n<\/em>\u00a9 Grace Church<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Week #37 – “The Power of Love” (What’s on your summer playlist?!) During one particular summer growing up…a newly released movie called “Back to the Future” featured a little ditty by a guy named Huey Lewis. \u00a0“The Power of Love” became a mega-hit that year…and you could hear it playing EVERYWHERE\u00a0you went. As an adult, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=497"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":503,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497\/revisions\/503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}