30 Days of Writing - Like There's No Tomorrow

"The sun'll come out, tomorrow. Bet your bottom dollar there'll be sun."

Most people enjoy the music from the musical Annie, including the song "Tomorrow."

Not my big brother.

He hates the song for some reason, and that has provided ample opportunities for me to force it upon him.

There was the time that I found a musical card that played "Tomorrow." This was probably 30 years ago before the age of tiny computer ships in every greeting card. He LOVED receiving that as a gift.

When he got married, I convinced the band that my brother had to hear his special song. Thus, as he and his bride were leaving the reception, the three piece combo struck up a great rendition of "Tomorrow."

But, my favorite use of the song happened as he was returning from his honeymoon and preparing to move out of the state. He had pulled up his moving van next to my parents house as he packed some things. I had prepared a great surprise going away gift for him. I had printed all of the lyrics to the song on little 2 by 3 inch pieces of paper. I had hundreds of them.

While he and his bride were in the house having their last visit with our parents, my hubby (then fiance) and I snuck into the back of their moving van. We took those little song sheets and placed them inside of anything and everything that we could. Imagine the joy that my brother felt each time that he found one of those little sheets stuck inside of something that he was unpacking. I'm not sure how long it took him to discover them all, but he apparently thought about me for months - so sweet that he missed me that much.

So, my brother would love it if "There's no Tomorrow."

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This 30 Days of Writing Challenge is brought to you courtesy of Nicky and Mike. They managed to convince a bunch of us to play along. If you want to read more cheesy posts, check out the ramblings of the crazy gang listed on the Linky thing at the latest post at We Work for Cheese.