I don't know how many of you used to watch the soap opera, "The Days of our Lives", but that was the opening line to each show: "Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives." I used to laugh when my parents and grandparents said things like, "It goes faster the older you get...", sort of like the toilet paper at the end of the roll. But, I find at this point in my life that it's true. I don't know where the past year went. And as I finally sit down to post …

I have always believed that music is the universal language. That music has healing properties that can calm, connect, uplift and transform people. As my favorite Hospice blogger, Andrea Powell once wrote, "whether we know it or not, there is a soundtrack to our lives." Some of us tend to remember special moments by the song that was playing, or for a songwriter, by the moment that inspiration struck. We remember the little cues that life throws at us that coax the muse to sit on our shoulders and inspire a new song or composition. If you watch closely, you will notice how many of those happen over the course of one day.

I would love to hear your thoughts about music, what it means to you, how it plays in the soundtrack of your life. My soundtrack is pretty much on display right here.