The story behind Something To Smile About

This is a little story about how great simple joys can be that I put music to..

One of the major highlights of my childhood was our annual family summer vacations. They were always a cause for excitement, as we all loved travel and adventure. (All meaning: two parents and five kids which equals a car full of seven people!)

So there we were on our actual departure date one July morning; piling into the station wagon and rolling down our dirt road to the main highway intersection. We were heading to a cabin on a lake in northern Michigan for two weeks.

When we arrived at the highway my father clicked his right turn signal on, instead of the left one we knew as the way to get “up north.” Being the oldest, I thought something was definitely amiss here and wanted more info.

“Hey Dad; aren’t you supposed to be turning left?”

“Nope!” he said with a big grin.

“What do you mean!?” I asked again. By then the rest of the family had their ears perked up and were listening intently.

“Well, where are we going then?” I said now a bit concerned.

“To the ocean in Florida!” my father beamed.

At that point the whole car erupted into a joyous chorus of “yays!” We absolutely loved going to the ocean to play; it was the best place we could ever imagine in our young lives. It was also a trip we could only very rarely afford with a lot of saving etc. involved.

So my father surprised us big time and gave us Something To Smile About that magical summer day.

Check out the music here.