Harry Belafonte's Lasagna

"You never remember anything good about when you were little? Do you?!"" This phrase echoes from my mother's lips countless times as we sit around the living room. It is not entirely true. My memory beyond five years ago is hazy - this is the cause of the problem. I have many special memories that I know I will share with my own kids, but I can't necessarily remember specifics like my sister. She could tell you the phone number of the pizza restaurant we placed our orders and the birthdays of every family member, including Aunt Rita who we met three times. What I can tell you about my family, from childhood to today - two things that remain constant are the love of food and music.

Those few strong memories stem from here. Dancing around the dining room table faster and faster to Harry Belafonte's Hava Nageela with Matthew, the Basset Hound. The Lasagna, that I loved more that life itself. Today, I find myself still attached to these things. I gravitate toward food and music to comfort myself. My sister and I joke about how Ella Fitzgerald's - Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered is the theme song to my life. It very likely may have been. Past tense.

This song I stumbled across by Mikeschair - Let the Waters Rise
It certainly was a comfort to me.

Don't know where to begin
It's like my world's caving in
and I try but I can't
control my fear
Where do I go from here?

Sometimes it's so hard to pray
when you feel so far away
But I am willing to go
where you want me to
God I TRUST you
There's a raging sea
Right in front of me
Wants to pull me in
Bring me to my knees
So let the waters rise
If you want them to
I will follow you
I will FOLLOW YOU

I will swim in the deep
Cause you'll be next to me
You're in the eye of the storm
and the calm of the sea
You're NEVER out of reach

God you know where I've been
And you were there with me then
You were faithful before
you'll be faithful again
I'm holding your hand!There's a raging sea
Right in front of me
Wants to pull me in
Bring me to my knees
So let the waters rise
If you want them to
I will follow you
I will FOLLOW YOU

God Your love is enough
You will pull me through
I'm holding on to you
God your love is enough
I will follow you
I will follow YOU

There's a raging sea
Right in front of me
Wants to pull me in
Bring me to my knees
So let the waters rise
If you want them to
I will follow you
I will FOLLOW YOU