Day 18 (48.6%)

Today I have donned a t-shirt from the University of Maryland, where Dina and Aaron met as undergraduates back in 1997. Barry and I remember that first week quite vividly. We took Dina down to school and got her settled into her dormitory room, drove back to New York, and left the next day for a trip to Europe where Barry was attending a conference. There was no e-mail or cell phones back then but we had agreed that we would call Dina every few days (just to ease our minds) and that we would check our home answering machine while we were away. Within just a couple of days we started hearing messages from Dina that she was sorry she had missed our call but was out with some boy named Aaron…..the rest, as they say, is history!

For today’s song, we go back to 1963 when Bobby Darin recorded “Eighteen Yellow Roses.” To be honest, I have no recollection of this song, but I just took a closer look at the lyrics, and much to my surprise this turned out to be a bittersweet song from a father to his daughter:

Eighteen yellow roses came today
Eighteen yellow roses in a pretty bouquet
When the boy came to the door
I didn't know what to say
But eighteen yellow roses came today
I opened up the card to see what it said
I couldn't believe my eyes
When I had read
Though you belong to another I love you anyway
Yes eighteen yellow roses came today
I never doubted your love for a minute
I always thought that you would be true
But now this box and the flowers in it
I guess there's nothin' left for me to do
But ask to meet the boy that's done this thing
And find out if he's got plans to buy you a ring
'Cause eighteen yellow roses will wilt and die one day
But a father's love will never fade away
Will never fade away

Eighteen Yellow Roses (Bobby Darin)

How sweet!

Tomorrow I break the 50% mark! 

Love,

Rebecca