A Common Thread

Well I'm back from a weekend with my family. I feel very lucky to have been able to arrange my schedule to spend several long weekends in Massachusetts...where I grew up and where the rest of my family still lives.

The main reason I was up this past weekend was because I had tickets to go to a concert with the my three brothers and one of my sisters. There is a 22 year age spread between my oldest brother and my youngest brother. One of the most important threads that holds us together is our love of music (at least in my humble opinion).

We all love music and our taste, especially in my brothers can be very eclectic. What's really cool is that we all share our taste in music with each other. Almost every single time I show up there is a cd of some kind of music waiting for me. I have found some great bands through the ears of my brothers.

This weekend however it was my band...the one band that I know every word of every song. The band that is the most closely tied to my early adulthood the band I still love to listen to....that I haven't grown tired of. Steely Dan. I don't for one moment believe that my brothers and sister have quite the same affinity that I have for them (it might be in the vicinity) but it was great to be sitting together with them all just singing along and totally rockin. It is just one more perfect thread that ties us to each other.

In those moments I don't know which is better....the band or just enjoying the music with my family. Either way it was a memorable weekend.