#create memories

Make them a part of your life and they will learn happily. I always tried to find things for my daughters to do with me and they loved it. They even got greasy helping me work on my 1976 Shovelhead but they really enjoyed the interaction with their dad.

In highschool my oldest took physics and had to build a vehicle powered by 3 mousetraps that had to travel 60 feet. That was a fun time! And our creation went 102 feet and lööked like a real car except for the mousetraps on top. I created several model motorcycles out of pipe cleaners so I helped make chrome bumpers, headlights, parking lights, taillights, tinted windows and a radio antenna. The teacher asked if he could keep the one we made.

My Pipe Cleaner Replica of the 1976 AMF Harley Davidson FLH, Shovelhead I had.

There are musicians who I hear that instantly remind me of one or the other of my parents. If the music doesn't remind me of them specifically, I am certain that I have been exposed to the song or the group before. I was educated on the amazing talent that history held but not in a "are you stupid" sort of way. I feel my children have only been told that they are "dumb" for their lack of music knowledge. Sadly I feel that has only discounted them from learning more about what songs or artists may have been an influential part of my life, something they may cherish knowing someday. Just as I have learned to cherish Neil Diamond and Elvis Presley.

I have decided to work on a playlist for my children. I am sure this list will be edited a time or two but I hope to include the tunes that my children should have learned from me as well as those that carry the greatest memories for me.

Share music with your children or with your friends children, but remember to do it in such a way to simply give them the experience of the beautiful sounds of what was a part of your world. Never make them feel stupid for not knowing who an artist is or for not having heard a song before. Share the experience with them, create a memory, make a moment, share something important to you.

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