Mashups. Love 'em? No. I have not been a fan. Nelly jumping into the country scene jamming with my beloved country singers really put a damper on some of my favorite songs. I'd go to sing along and all of a sudden there would be an extra voice, extra words, extra melody. I hated it.
And then I heard Hoda Kotb's story and how she got Sara Bareilles and Cyndi Lauper together to do a mashup with "True Colors" and "Brave".
Skeptical at first because I love both these songs individually, I gave it a shot. Mainly because cancer has been such a huge part of my life over the last five years when my dad was diagnosed with bladder cancer. Shortly thereafter my cousin was diagnosed with cancer which very quickly took her life.
I also decided to listen because I do love these two songs so much. Cyndi Lauper was one of my favorite artists growing up and Sara Bareilles is now.
Not knowing what I was really getting myself into, I watched the video.
And fell in love.
Yes, the children in the video are all cancer babies. But that wasn't where my heart was.
My heart was with my heart baby and all the other heart babies and angels. Why?
Because that is what I know. Babies with congenital heart defects. Those babies are just as strong and brave as the babies in this video.
My mind goes back nine years ago. To a time when my baby was laying in a hospital bed. Needles and wires attached to him. Watching him cry because he didn't understand why I couldn't hold him and comfort him.
He was so small, so helpless, so confused. And I had no words for him. Just love.
Through it all, he was truly brave, without even knowing it.
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