Growing up we had a play area that my father made. In it he fashioned a "jungle gym" that was shaped like a sailboat.
The first time I heard this song - that's all I could think of - my back yard and how special that was to me - but if I were to have lost my father in some way - I would have been left with nothing but a broken heart.
Rosie Thomas seems to go to the heart of the matter - This song makes me think of a child - Her father singing to her, dancing with her - buying her a pretty dress, putting glow in the dark stars on the ceiling for her - And then, I believe, leaving her in some way - divorce, death, distance.
Although not my personal life - Rosie Thomas so skillfully weaves this song that I can feel the pain of a child losing her father -
Growing up we had a play area that my father made. In it he fashioned a "jungle gym" that was shaped like a sailboat.
The first time I heard this song - that's all I could think of - my back yard and how special that was to me - but if I were to have lost my father in some way - I would have been left with nothing but a broken heart.
Rosie Thomas seems to go to the heart of the matter - This song makes me think of a child - Her father singing to her, dancing with her - buying her a pretty dress, putting glow in the dark stars on the ceiling for her - And then, I believe, leaving her in some way - divorce, death, distance.
Although not my personal life - Rosie Thomas so skillfully weaves this song that I can feel the pain of a child losing her father -