"Today's The Day"

I think many of us with chronic illnesses have often felt like getting out of bed is a big accomplishment. As I finally face down the final “hump” in what has been one of the busiest weeks in recent memory, I wanted to offer a song that I think touches on this, so I give you...

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“Today’s The Day” by Aimee Mann:

“Better pack your bags and run
Or stay until the job is done
Baby you could sit and hope
That providence will fray the rope
And sink like a stone
Or go it alone

And isn’t it enough for you
Isn’t it enough?
Isn’t it enough for you
Isn’t it enough?
For you...

So better pack your bags and run
Send it to oblivion
Where you don’t look like anyone
That anyone would care about
And do what you do
Till it buries you

And isn’t it enough for you
Isn’t it enough
Isn’t it enough for you
Isn’t it enough

And isn’t it enough?
Like Major Reno on the bluff
Wondering aloud if help is on the way

And baby isn’t this your chance
To make a break with circumstance

And isn’t it enough to prove today’s the day?
Isn’t it enough to prove today’s the day?”

From the album, “Lost In Space”

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I first heard this song in one of my favorite movies, “Enough”. And yes, I’ll admit that a movie about spousal abuse that has Jennifer Lopez in it is a weird favorite movie to have.

But anyway, when I first heard the song, I thought it was by Sheryl Crow. But it’s not. It’s by Aimee Mann, who happens to have been included in “Six Word Memoirs”.