The first track was “The Power of Love.” Lena remembered her mom singing it off-key while making meatloaf, using a wooden spoon as a microphone. The second track was “If You Asked Me To.” That was the song playing when her mom got the call that the cancer was in remission, the first time. And then the third track… “Beauty and the Beast.” That was the lullaby.
The player whirred. A quiet hiss of silence. Then, the first piano chords of “The Power of Love” filled the car. celine dion all the way cd
Because her mom was right. You have to feel it all the way. The first track was “The Power of Love
By the time the last track, “Then You Look at Me,” faded out, the sun had fully set. The parking lot was dark. Lena’s tears had dried into salt trails on her cheeks. The car felt different. Warmer. Less like a metal box and more like a cathedral. The player whirred
Lena had never listened to the CD. She couldn’t.