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Do you have that one person you share music discoveries with? That was my dad for me. In my first few years of college, I really got into his music - the good old classic rock. He would tell me to listen to a particular track, and of course I would either fall in love with it or start quoting it to him since I had already found it myself. Sometimes we would just quote songs to each other via text message since I moved to the other side of the country. Occasionally I would find a gem my dad had forgotten over the decades, as some songs remained in the spotlight on the classic rock stations and others faded from memory. One such song was Fleetwood Mac's Silver Springs. I still remember when my dad said he'd been trying to find that song for years!

You've been stood around for years
Seen my smiles and touched my tears
How it's been a long, long time
And how you've been on my mind

Anyways, after he passed, I found I couldn't bring myself to listen to any of that music. It hurt too much. My Classic Rock Encyclopedia was now lost to me and I couldn't bear it. Not Led Zeppelin, not Queen, not the Cars, not even my beloved Beatles. I wanted to listen to them, but I also desperately wanted to not break into tears again. Not again. 

Then I found it.

An album I could listen to without the memories, for there were none attached to it. I had heard of George Harrison's My Sweet Lord, but somehow never gotten around to listening to it. The rest of the album turned out to be wonderful as well. Even the album title, All Things Must Pass, was exactly what I needed. The introspective songs spoke to me; the upbeat songs helped me to be happy for a few minutes as I walked to campus. I found myself wishing I could talk to dad about it - I'm sure he listened to the album back in the day. I even imagined him walking with me to school, rocking out with me silently. And oh, how I miss that.

While the years they come and go

Now, your love must surely show me

That beyond all time and space

We're together face to face

How I love you, how I love you