I was just listening to some music on my computer and this song came up. I had to just sit and let my mind go back to when I first heard it back in 1973. As a new grad from nursing school, our class was invited by the Mo. State Nursing Association to go they annual conference being held in St Louis. So off we went, with me leaving my husband and 2 small children to fend for themselves while I enjoyed my first trip anywhere by myself without them. It was the most liberating experience of my life at that point. The three highlights that I remember the most: 1. going up in the Arch, 2. hearing this song performed on stage of a riverboat by a piano. I was mesmerized and have loved this song since then, 3. We had the opportunity to talk to a military recruiter. Wow, this was something that could open so many doors for me. In high school I talked to a recruiter and had my heart set on enlisting but was dumb enough to get married instead. So at 29 I realized I could join the reserves with my degree and go forward. Of course when I got home that idea died quickly. But years later with a different husband I did try twice to get in but it was not meant to be. Al was very supportive and would have gone with me where ever needed, as he had a military back ground and understood.
So when I hear this song I am just taken back to this time early in my career and I think of what might have been.
