I am a loner.  I make no apologies and have long accepted that I just don't 'do' relationships.  Oh, I've tried a few times, but I just don't seem to have it in me to sustain things.  (Husband and children excepted - but they're kind of stuck with me.)  However, lately I've been repeatedly running into the idea of 'reconciliation'.  Typically, when I keep finding the same word, concept or idea coming up in a multiple of ways (books I'm reading, articles I see at work, things on TV, even songs) I start thinking that I'm supposed to DO something.  This time, though, I can't imagine  what, precisely, I'm being lead to do.  There's just not anyone out there who would even care.  The people who have faded out of my life are doing just fine without me and I honestly don't see any interest in reconnecting.  So, what, exactly, does 'reconciliation' mean?  Are we supposed to keep trying over and over when there's no interest?  When there has been betrayal? When all parties have gone their separate ways?

What is the Christian concept of reconciliation and does it mean we are to try repair all relationships? 

I guess I'm just confused - it keeps cropping up, sometimes daily, and I just don't see the point.

Music Thoughts

Wow!  It's been a super long time since I posted.

I've been thinking about music a lot lately - how I hear a certain song and it ALWAYS, ALWAYS reminds me of a certain person, place or time.

"Beautiful Tonight" - Eric Clapton:  June Garrett and Lynn Ingram at Henry Walke Co.

"Canon in D" - Pachelbel:- weddings

"There You'll Be" - Faith Hill:  my dad and my son ("In my dreams, I'll always see you soar above the sky...")  It always reminded me of my dad, then was our Mother/Son dance music at John's wedding.

"Touch Me in the Morning" - Diana Ross:  Lisa Harrell in middle school

"Take On Me" - Aha:  riding my exercycle in my first apartment watching the brand new MTV.  (Okay, I'm showing my age here.)

"Spinning Wheel" - Three Dog Night and "Sweet Caroline" - Neil Diamond: my uncle's record store in Monroe, NC

"Islands in the Stream" - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton:  Roger Coffey playing it over and over in the house on Highland Street in Charlotte

Anything by The Police:  Mark Barringer

"Leader of the Band" - Dan Fogelberg:  my grandfather

Anything by Burl Ives:  Lynn Hamilton

"No Surrender" - Bruce Springsteen and "Run Between the Raindrops" - Pat Benatar:  Vyjay Vyas at Queens

"It's Raining Men" - The Weather Girls:  the stripper at my 20th Birthday Party

There are so very many more.  What songs take you back?