Dani's Maybe Daily Blog

By far the earliest memory I have of music was in preschool. I went to this really small preschool called The Little Red Schoolhouse in Florida. We were a very wild group of kids and when nap time rolled around, it was a nightmare. The teachers couldn’t calm us down even hours after trying. One day, one of the staff showed up with a bulky radio. When nap time rolled around, she plugged it in and got the tunes rolling. I don’t remember any of the names of the songs, but they weren’t nursery songs. More like slow breathy love songs. That’s the best way I can describe it. A guy would sing some deep heartfelt line and in her high voice, the female would respond. It’s a very distant memory but sometimes when I hear something similar it takes me straight back.  I don’t even know what genre of music it fits under, but I do know that was probably my first recollection I have of music. Other early memories I have are when I would jam with my grandma. In particular, the song “Glamorous” ...

 Sports had always been a part of life. I constantly rotated through different sports when I was younger, trying to get a feel for everything to discover what I truly enjoyed. I tried basketball for 3 years, gymnastics for 2, swim for 3 years, cheerleading for 1 year, dance for 1 year, and heck I even tried karate for a solid two lessons before quitting. None of those were for me. Soccer and softball were for me. Softball had given me decent reflexes and a good arm, well along with playing dodgeball literally every day for a year during elementary school. I have been playing softball for 6 years but I think I’m done. Now soccer I have been playing for about 9 years. I really enjoy it and soccer has given me mad leg strength, agility (kind of), and again fast reflexes. However, I have never been to happy with the soccer programs that our area has to offer. I started playing soccer for the park district in 1 st grade and played with them until 6 th grade. I then moved to our lo...