Playground in (what's left of) My Mind

I've been working really hard today, and I guess it must have tickled whatever is left in my mind that conjures up old memories. I kept thinking of a song that I loved back in 1973 when I was about my son's age, called "Playground In My Mind", recorded by Clint Holmes. It's one of those that will stick in my head all day. So with my apologies to whoever wrote it, I had to create my own version:

"Playground In (What’s Left of) My Mind"

When this old world gets me down

And there's too much cancer to be found

I close my eyes and soon I find

I'm in a playground in (what’s left of) my mind

Where the children laugh and the children play

And we sing a song all day:

"My name is Krista, I had some chemo,

Radiation, and surgery, too.

But I’m still singing, dancing, and writing;

That's what I'm gonna do"

Oh the wonders that I find

In the playground in (what’s left of) my mind;

Although it's soaked in chemotherapy,

Close your eyes and follow me

Where the children laugh and the children play

And we sing a song all day:

"My guy is Jared,

And we’ll get married.

And we’ll adopt a baby or two.

We're gonna let them visit their grandmas

That's what we're gonna do."

"Jacob and Emma,

I’ll be your Mama,

Daddy and I will always love you.

We're gonna let you visit your grandmas

That's what we're gonna do."

See the little children

Living in a world I don’t wanna leave behind

Happy little children

In the playround in (what’s left of) my mind.