Songbird

Once when I was in middle school my dad gave me a CD for my birthday. It was Eva Cassidy's album "Songbird" and it had a photo of Eva on it where the sun sort of hits the side of her face and she's looking at you smiling. At the time I thought, "Never heard of her...probably gonna love this and and probably gonna get made fun of for loving it...perfect." I was in 6th or 7th grade at the time. I thought, "Why doesn't he just get me a t-shirt that says I'm a dork on it and call it a day. Could he not find the Madonna section????" but.... he looked at me and said, "You'll love it. Trust me." And I always did, and I always have trusted him...especially when it comes to music... but you know it's funny....sometimes dad's have a sixth sense when it comes to their daughters... in a way only dad's can. So fast forward to over a decade later when the other night, I was home alone watching "Love Actually" and I realized that in one of my favorite scenes they play "Songbird" in the background. It's the scene where Laura Linney's character is about to get it on with the man she's been secretly crushing on for 5 years...and it's all happening and it is one of the most touching scenes in the movie...because it illustrates new love beautifully and somehow seems to capture all the little nuances and insecurities that come out when two people are intimate for the first time. It's sort of the way I felt the first time I walked into Barneys New York. Overwhelmed, intimidated, but so filled with emotion I wanted to scream and shout and run around touching everything... Oh Barneys...how I miss you!