Aaron's Love Novel and V-day Present

Dear Aaron,

Happy Valentine’s Day! I know I usually find some “classic” love poem to give you with your Valentine, but I’m running out of those. I also didn’t have the stamina to bring three children to your office and decorate your desk like I usually do. I guess I’m getting lamer as the years go on. But I did try to put my thoughts into something. So this year for Valentines Day, I decided to make you a Love CD. But I don’t think it’s your typical love CD…aka you won’t find all the cheesy stake dance songs on it. What I tried to do was think of the songs that are connected with memories I have of you and me. I’ll try to explain as I go…

Track 1- I Believe in a Thing Called Love by The Darkness
I think I’ve told you this before, but when we were dating I used to listen to this song while I was getting ready to go out with you. It’s upbeat, and I always thought it reflected my excitement to see you.

Track 2- Accidentally in Love by Counting Crows
This one is pretty self explanatory, but it always makes me think about how when I first met you I had no intentions of falling for you…but it happened anyway.

Track 3- Life Less Ordinary by Carbon Leaf
If I had to pick just one song to be “our song”, this one would be it, no contest. I know that might seem weird, but there are a lot of lines in here that just remind me of us. Some examples: “Well I hate to be a bother, But it's you and there's no other, I do believe…” and “My face had said too much, Before our hands could even touch, To greet a 'hello' (So much for going slow...), A little later on that year I told you that I loved you dear What do you know? This you weren't prepared to hear…” Those are two.

Track 4- Better Together by Jack Johnson
This is one of my favorite songs because I think it fits us. I am better because I have you in my life, and I hope you are better because you have me. Together I feel like we can do anything…even raise these three crazy children. “I believe in memories They look so, so pretty when I sleep Hey now, and when I wake up, You look so pretty sleeping next to me But there is not enough time, And there is no, no song I could sing And there is no, combination of words I could say But I will still tell you one thing We're better together.”

Track 5- Fidelity by Regina Spektor
This song reminds me of our first apartment, which I think, is where we were living the first time we heard this song. I remember sitting in the living room and just laughing our heads off, and then deciding that we both really liked this song.

Track 6- Come Away With Me by Nora Jones
I think this song is so poetic. Just the way it’s written and the words she uses plant a beautiful image and feeling of love in my mind. That feeling reminds me of you. I think this song captures the emotion of love, rather than the physical aspects of it. That’s why I like it so much.

Track 7- Banana Pancakes by Jack Johnson
This song reminds me of living in Phoenix. Mostly because you worked late, but didn’t start until afternoons, so we always had the mornings together and we could sleep in or do whatever we wanted because it was before we had any kids. “The telephone is singing Ringing It's too early Don't pick it up We don't need to we got everything We need right here And everything we need is enough Just so easy When the whole world fits inside of your arms Don't really need to pay attention to the alarm Wake up slow, yeah, wake up slow” I miss when we could wake up slow.

Track 8- Firecracker by Josh Turner
This song reminds me of Texas, where we heard it on the radio for the first time. You promised that someday we’d swing dance to it when I wasn’t pregnant. I love swing dancing with you, and if I remember right, that’s why I wanted you to come on that date with me to the Wells Fargo Dance even though we’d decided to just be friends, because I knew you could dance.

Track 9- Our Song by Taylor Swift
This one reminds me of Texas too. It also reminds me of the time I was driving Tanner somewhere in the car and it was on the radio, and he mentioned that you’d been singing this song earlier while you were with him. He thought it was funny, I thought it was cute. I love that you sing and drum on the steering wheel.

Track 10- I’m Yours by Jason Mraz
Whenever I hear this I go back to an afternoon in the summer when you and Lincoln and I went to the frozen yogurt place. This song was on the radio while we sat down to eat. And at that moment life just seemed so wonderful and good.

Track 11- 1,2,3,4 by Plain White T’s
This song is a little different, but I like it. The reason it reminds me of you…I feel like you always have such wonderful compliments and things to say to me, and whenever I try to come up with something, the first thing I think of is “I love you.” And that always seems to describe it all. “There’s only one way to say those three words, and that’s what I’ll do…I love you.”

Track 12- Bubbly by Colbie Caillet
This song is pretty self explanatory also. But I really love the word choice “crinkle my nose” because I find that I do that.

Track 13- Alright by Darius Rucker
This song reminds me of our entire married lives thus far. We’ve been poor students, and we don’t have a lot of fancy things, but I think it’s safe to say that we are happy.

Track 14- Smile by Uncle Kracker
Also self explanatory. But you do make me smile, all the time. And I do think you are “better than the best” and “cooler than the flip side of my pillow”

Track 15- If Its Love by Train
This is my ringtone when you call me, so obviously I think of you whenever I hear it. But I also think this one has some great lines…”I confess you are the best thing in my life…” “But you are the greatest thing about me” “Hold our cell phones up in the air And just be glad that we made it here alive On a spinning ball in the middle of space I love you from your toes to your face”

So there you are Love, 15 songs that make me think about you. I love you and I hope you have a great Valentines Day.

Love,

Krystal