{"id":11157,"date":"2017-11-13T20:57:13","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T01:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/?p=11157"},"modified":"2017-11-13T21:26:45","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T02:26:45","slug":"riff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/riff\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Word Post: Riff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Music speaks to us at various times of our lives for reasons pertinent in the moment. I enjoy upbeat music that makes me feel like dancing. The least favorite are the S genres: slow, sad, or sappy; only listening when <del>forced<\/del> needed.<\/p>\n<p>I have my sticking point song that I absolutely can&#8217;t listen to based on the emotion behind the lyrics. Emotions relating to parents and parenting are just to much in the Cat&#8217;s in the Cradle by Harry Chapin; it&#8217;s heart wrenching.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve heard the song, if not, grab your tissues before listening below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cats In The Cradle-Harry Chapin\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KUwjNBjqR-c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hindsight is always twenty\/twenty, most parents will have regrets regarding things you failed to accomplish with your child. As I read the comments from the Youtube thread, I see I&#8217;m not alone when struggling with the song&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailypost.wordpress.com\/prompts\/riff\/\">riff<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;And the cat&#8217;s in the cradle and the silver spoon<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Little boy blue and the man in the moon<\/em><br \/>\n<em> When you coming home, dad?<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I don&#8217;t know when<\/em><br \/>\n<em> But we&#8217;ll get together then<\/em><br \/>\n<em> You know we&#8217;ll have a good time then&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Not only am I thinking of all the things I could have done; I feel how quickly life goes by. I&#8217;ve learned to savor every moment as time passes too quick.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have a song you just can&#8217;t bear to listen to? Please share.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music speaks to us at various times of our lives for reasons pertinent in the moment. I enjoy upbeat music that makes me feel like dancing. The least favorite are the S genres: slow, sad,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prompts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s1qEFP-riff","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10437,"url":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/copycat-song-head\/","url_meta":{"origin":11157,"position":0},"title":"Copycat and the Song in my Head","author":"Bodynsoil","date":"November 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The moment I saw copycat was today's daily prompt word, the song was in my head. 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