Keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars

Since starting this diabetes-themed blog over a year ago, the inclusion of musical references has been a recurring theme.

• Lyrics from the Beatles have appeared…
  …twice.
• I wove Meat Loaf into a teenage memory…
  …and considered swapping my disease for Bon Jovi’s.
• A Credence Clearwater Revival song led to my first DOC Meetup…
  …and running into a long-lost high-school classmate was like Peaches reuniting with Herb.
•  A catchy little ditty from Blues Traveler sang the praises of automatic data logging…
  …while a Melissa Etheridge lyric titled a post about my great-aunt’s funeral.
• Although I shamelessly made a mockery of Canada’s national anthem…
  …some boys from Kansas knew exactly how I managed to Carry On.

Even the very name of this blog is inspired by a Grammy Award-winner’s song title.

But today, after reading another blog post today on SurfaceFine, I thought of a song that I used to listen to when I needed inspiration. A song about all the stuff I had put off until tomorrow — a tomorrow that has yet to come.

Wordless Wednesday: From Sea to Shining Sea

Music by Ray Charles
Video compiled by YouTube user Carloinzunza

#dblogweek – Day 6 – Creativity Wildcard

For the next week, I’ll be participating in the 3rd Annual Diabetes Blog Week (for more info, click on the banner above). Each day, D-Bloggers will be (mostly) blogging about a common topic but offering their own perspectives.

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I’m not a real shutterbug, so instead of posting a collection of photos, I’ve decided to go with one of the week’s wildcard options and opt for the musical approach.  No, I won’t sing (you’ll need to do that yourself, in your own head), but the tune should be familiar – it’s to the national anthem O Canada.  (If you don’t know the tune, click on the video at the bottom of the page.)

The song is all parody. I hope it’s not offensive, especially to Bethany, Valerie Anne, Kayla, and the other North-American PWDs who measure their blood glucose in mmol’s.