The Perry Playground: Lyrics of Life

I was listening to Pandora today at work and one of my favorite songs came on the radio. It was one of the songs from our wedding that my wonderful friend Sara sang during our communion ceremony. This made me start reminiscing about that day and all the special songs that we spent so many months picking out. You think I'm joking when I say we spent months picking out our songs, but I'm being completely serious. I love music, and I love knowing all the lyrics and singing them over and over. I also love how music makes me feel, how it has memories associated with it, and how it can completely change a mood in just a few minutes.

I wanted every detail of our wedding to be special to us, and this included the songs. We meticulously picked out songs that held special meaning to us, had a memory associated with it, or reminded us of special people in our lives.

Looking back on that day, I remember it going by so fast and I remember not really paying much attention to the songs. I'm sure other people didn't either, but I know how much time and effort we put into making those songs mean something. I burned our wedding and reception songs to a CD and I keep it in my car. I listen to it often to remind me of how truly blessed I am. I have put together a play list of some of the key songs from our wedding and our reception. My wish is that you will listen to each song with a new understanding and think of Daniel and I when you hear them.

Our Songs:

1. When you say nothing at all- Allison Krause (Communion Song, sang by Sara McAdoo)

2. Indescribable- Chris Tomlin (our recessional song)

3. Better Life- Keith Urban (introduction of the wedding party)

4. Myspace Girl- The Afters (introduction of US!, b/c we met on Myspace)

5. God Bless the Broken Road- Rascal Flatts (first dance song)

6. My little girl- Tim McGraw (father/daughter dance)

7. Song for Mama- Boyz 2 Men (mother/son dance)

8. Love you Madly- Cake (cake cutting song)

9. Just a Girl- No Doubt (bouquet toss song)

10. Firecracker- Josh Turner (garter toss song)