I was thinking about my grandmother the other day and this song came to mind. Now, normally when I share a music clip on a Sunday it’s a gospel song but this one hearkens to family and heritage and for me part of that is the church tradition so I include the following song using that train of thought.

When I hear “Better Days” I can picture a little kid asking a family matriarch the exact type of little kid questions that Dianne Reaves sings about. If you reflect back on your life, don’t the lyrics make you think of some of the things that made you curious when you were much younger? Can you remember how the wise old grandma or maybe even a great grandmother would tell you in her own sweet way not to be in a rush? Didn’t sound the same way coming from your mother, did it?

Half the time it would go over your head and not register until you were a few years older. And how about the nuggets they would drop on you out of the blue when you hadn’t asked anything in particular? She just may have had the urge to share something deep with you. I remember one of those too. The life observation seemed like a completely random thought at the time and it confused me why she had made the comment, but years later after I was a young adult on my own, it clicked, “Oh, that’s what she was talking about.”

This piece always reminds me of the best grandmother who ever walked this earth. Always rest in peace, Mrs. Ella White. Love ya Grandma. This one is dedicated to you.