August 31st, 2026
- My neighbors.
- My community.
- My first and only love.
- My past and present mentors.
- My coaches.
Daily Gratitude 8-31-26
Author: Heather Houston
Absinthe aficionado. Empathetic thinker-feeler. Verbose writer. Avidly authentic. Hydrangea fanatic. Snow leopard lover. Joy huntress. Promising my devotees a honest glimpse into my life as I live with freedom, power and full self-expression in an unfiltered and sometimes distilled way. CHEERS!
My Musical Life 8-31-26
August 31st, 2026
#8 Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver) 👍🏼
Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, growin’ like a breeze
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
All my memories gather ’round her
Miner’s lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
I hear her voice in the mornin’ hour, she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
Drivin’ down the road, I get a feelin’
That I should’ve been home yesterday, yesterday
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
Take me home, (down) country roads
Take me home, (down) country roads
Daily Gratitude 8-30-26
August 30th, 2026
- My high school best friends.
- My college best friends.
- My current best friends.
- My boss.
- My coworkers.
My Musical Life 8-30-26
August 30th, 2026
#6 Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian) (Paul Revere & The Raiders) 👍🏼
They took the whole Cherokee nation
Put us on this reservation
Took away our ways of life
The tomahawk and the bow and knife
Took away our native tongue
And taught their English to our young
And all the beads we made by hand
Are nowadays made in Japan
Cherokee people
Cherokee tribe
So proud to live
So proud to die
They took the whole Indian nation
Locked us on this reservation
Though I wear a shirt and tie
I’m still part redman deep inside
Cherokee people
Cherokee tribe
So proud to live
So proud to die
But maybe someday when they learn
Cherokee nation will return, will return
Will return, will return, will return
Daily Gratitude 8-29-26
August 29th, 2026
- My grandparents.
- My aunts and uncles.
- My cousins.
- My nieces and nephews.
- My first best friend.
My Musical Life 8-29-26
August 29th, 2026
#5 How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (Bee Gees) 👍🏼
I can think of younger days when living for my life
Was everything a man could want to do
I could never see tomorrow
But I was never told about the sorrows🪄
And, how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
How can you stop the sun from shining?
What makes the world go round?
How can you mend this broken man?
How can a loser ever win?
Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again🪄
I can still feel the breeze that rustles through the trees
And misty memories of days gone by
We could never see tomorrow
No one said a word about the sorrow🪄
And how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
How can you stop the sun from shining?
What makes the world go round?
And how can you mend this broken man?
How can a loser ever win?
Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again🪄
La la la la la la, la la la la
La la la la la la, la la la la🪄
Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again
Da da da da
Da da da da, da da da da da, da
Daily Gratitude 8-28-26
August 28th, 2026
- My mother.
- My father.
- My sibling.
- My children.
- My husband.
My Musical Life 8-28-26
August 28th, 2026
#4 One Bad Apple (The Osmonds) 👍🏼
Yeah, yeah
I can tell you’ve been hurt
By that look on your face, girl
Some guy brought sad
Into your happy world
You need love, but you’re
Afraid that if you give in
Someone else will come along
And sock it to you again
One bad apple don’t
Spoil the whole bunch, girl
Oh, give it one more try
Before you give up on love
One bad apple don’t
Spoil the whole bunch, girl
Oh, I don’t care what they say
I don’t care what you heard
I could make you happy, baby
Satisfy you too (satisfy you now)
But how can I if you
Won’t give me a chance
To prove my love to you
Won’t you just give me one
Little chance (one little chance now)
I’ll give you love’s guarantee
That you won’t be hurt again
One bad apple don’t
Spoil the whole bunch, girl
Oh, give it one more try
Before you give up on love
One bad apple don’t
Spoil the whole bunch, girl
Oh, I don’t care what they say
I don’t care what you heard now
I’ve been noticing you, baby
For a long, long time
(Long, long time now)
I’m not ashamed to tell the world
That you really messed up my mind
Girl, to me you’re like a
Dream come true
(Dream come true now)
I’d rather hurt myself
Than to ever hurt you
One bad apple don’t
Spoil the whole bunch, girl
Oh, give it one more try
Before you give up on love
One bad apple don’t
Spoil the whole bunch, girl
Oh, I don’t care what they say
I don’t care what you heard now
One bad apple don’t
Spoil the whole bunch, girl
Oh, give it one more try
Before you give up on love
One bad apple don’t
Spoil the whole bunch, girl
Oh, now, I don’t care what they say
I don’t care what you heard now
Daily Gratitude 8-27-26
August 27th, 2026
- That one place I can always find peace, no matter how heavy life feels.
- Birds chirping outside my window.
- The smell of freshly cut grass.
- Wildflowers.
- Lavender fields.
My Musical Life 8-27-26
August 27th, 2026
#3 I Feel the Earth Move (Carole King) 👍🏼
I feel the Earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down
I feel my heart start to trembling
Whenever you’re around
Ooh, baby, when I see your face
Mellow as the month of May
Oh, darling, I can’t stand it
When you look at me that way
Hey, I feel the Earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down
I feel my heart start to trembling
Whenever you’re around
Ooh, darling, when you’re near me
And you tenderly call my name
I know that my emotions are something I just can’t tame
I just got to have you, baby
Uh, uh, uh
Uh, uh, uh, yeah
I feel the Earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down, a-tumbling down
I feel the Earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down, a-tumbling down
I just a-lose control
Down to my very soul
I get-a hot and cold
All over, all over, all over, all over
I feel the Earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down, a-tumbling down
I feel the Earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down, a-tumbling down
A-tumbling down, a-tumbling down
A-tumbling down, tumbling down
