Axel F
The other evening Alex & I were cleaning up the house. I usually turn some music on to keep us motivated, so I scrolled down the playlist until I found something I wasn’t sick to death of hearing. I settled on Harold Flatermeyer’s “Axel F,” an 80′s classic. When the first notes started to twinkle out of the speakers, Alex’s head popped into the doorway.
“Mommy, are you watching Space Chimps?”
“Huh?”
“That song. That’s from my Space Chimps movie.”
I’d forgotten all about that. With a smile, I answered, “No, baby, that’s just the music. No movie.”
“I like this song, Mommy.”
“Me, too,” I laughed as she danced out of the doorway back to her room. A moment later, I headed down the hallway, peeking in to watch her dance around her room…. just like I did to the very same song over 20 years ago…