Pre-Emptive Strike

"My theory is that when it comes to important subjects, there’s only two ways a person can answer. For instance, there’s two kinds of people in this world, Elvis people and Beatles people. Now Beatles people can like Elvis. And Elvis people can like the Beatles. But nobody likes them both equally." Mia-Pulp Fiction

I am without a doubt a Beatles person which is a serious bone of contention in the home of my hardcore Elvis lovin' parents. One of my earliest, warmest memories of my childhood would have to be listening to my friends' dad play Beatles tunes on the piano. Now that I think about it, this is probably one of the first places my deep love for music was rooted. And as beautiful as Beatles music is, there was something about hearing it on the piano that will always bring a feeling of happiness over me.

Recently, while visiting our favorite burger joint (that's decorated in a very retro fashion) we somehow found ourselves in the "elvis" booth. Of course this was only because the "Beatles" booth was a little dirty. All of a sudden Stella starts pointing to the pictures and proudly saying "elvis, elvis, elvis" She might as well put a stake through my heart. We immediately got up and reseated ourselves in the "Beatles" booth. I realized that if I'm not careful Stella will become an elvis person and well folks the world would most certainly end. Kidding. Okay not so much. So we've begun an onslaught of Beatles programming. In some ways initiating a kind of psychological warfare "What do you say when you see PawPaw? "Obla-Dee Obla-Dah" That's Right!!" Singing and Dancing non-stop to all things John, Paul, George and Ringo she's taken to it quite nicely. And in so many ways I've kind of fallen in love with them all over again. Lucky for me Stella responds so positively to one of my FAVORITE Beatles songs "here comes the sun" and it seems so fitting as her sweet smile will always fill my life with warm sunshine.