Safe.
Sometimes, I like to keyword search songs in my iTunes collection.Today, I decided to do so with the word "safe."When I keyword-searched this, I came up with two surprisingly different songs…The first was Safe and Sound (from the Hunger Games) by Taylor Swift and the Civil Wars, and the second was Safe by Phil Whickham.
If you haven't heard either, I highly recommend both. (Also, I recommend reading all of the Hunger Game series…. interesting reads, for sure.)
Though they're completely different artists and genres, I found it interesting that they both speak to the effect of running into someone else's arms in order to be safe.To trust someone or something other than oneself.There's no doubt that there's safety in numbers. and comfort in dependence.And, might I add, there should be discretion in the choosing of such.I just wonder...what/who are you banking on this year to make you feel safe?
When I was younger, my siblings and I very quickly learned which errands to go on with my mom and which errands to run far away from. The one errand in particular I want to share with you this morning is when my mom would go up to the bank. Now, I don’t believe this bank is in business any longer; but back in the 90s, my mom would go to the drive-through teller at Barnett Bank. Whenever you went to the drive-up teller at Barnett Bank, they would give out lollipops to the kids in the car, which is probably while they’re no longer in business today because the Hill kids depleted them of their lollipops back in the 1990s. But seriously, mom would pack all of us in the car, she’d talk with the bank teller, she’d get her envelope full of money, and they’d ask how many kids were in the car… she’d say 5. They’d say “send back some of the money to cover the cost of all those lollipops, lady.” No just kidding. But on those bank errands, everything was fine. Things went surpri...
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