A Playlist for Hannah's Childhood

We all have a few songs in our heads, the ones that we will always know the words to, and can recognize instantly when they come on the radio. They are the songs of our childhood, and they are powerful things that can take us right back to finger painting and bicycle rides, hide-and-go-seek and Popsicles.

Hannah is still so young, but I like to think that some of the music she's heard so far is having a lasting impact on her. After all, her first steps were made with Smokey Robinson playing in the background. And every night her eyes fall heavy while I hold her close and whisper the words of "You Send Me" by Sam Cooke. So I thought it might be fun to make a little playlist of some of songs she hears the most. I'm hoping one day she can look back at this list and be taken back to sweet memories of a very magical childhood.

1. A Change is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke
2. Nothing Can Change This Love by Sam Cooke
3. You Send Me by Sam Cooke
4. Put Me Down Easy by Sam Cooke
5. Son of a Preacher Man by Dusty Springfield
6. I've Been Loving You Too Long by Otis Redding
7. These Arms of Mine by Otis Redding
8. Try A Little Tenderness by Otis Redding
9. Cruisin' by Smokey Robinson
10. I Second That Emotion by Smokey Robinson
11. Sunday Kind of Love by Etta James
12. Feelin' Good by Nina Simone
13. My Girl by The Temptations
14. You're All I Need To Get By by Aretha Franklin
15. Isn't She Lovely by Stevie Wonder

What songs do you imagine your kids will think of as the soundtrack of their childhood?

XOXO