

Without further ado, here are the lucky thirteen, and heartfelt thanks so each and every one of you for participating. My daughter thought ten was brutally insufficient, so she finagled another three out of the summer bucket because she said thirteen was her favorite number (because she is thirteen, and her favorite girl in all the world was born on December 13). Thank you for the wonderful opportunity to get to know you better.

It was like going on a mini-tour and meeting you face to face. It gave me such joy to see inside your hearts. Out of the songs you submitted, “Chasing Cars” by Snow Patrol came in four times as a fave, “Unchained Melody” by the Righteous Brothers three times, “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” by Aerosmith and “You’re Beautiful” by James Blunt twice, but the rest were all glorious and unique. Some were my own favorite songs (“Nothing Else Matters” “High and Dry”). Many I knew (“Hey There Delilah” “Romeo and Juliet”), some I did not (“Say You Love Me” “In Da Club”). It took a delicious forever to sift through the hundreds of entries and to listen to the songs. Dear Everyone, This was one of the funnest contests for me.
