I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care
This song by Stevie Wonder is my very first memory of music on the radio. I was in preschool, it must have been late 1984 or early 1958 – the year the song became a hit and I was 3 or 4 years old. The preschool teachers must have played the radio and I must remember hearing it during the car ride to school because whenever I hear the song now, I associate it with that preschool and my life at the time (which was tumultuous). I remember being very adamant that the song was the only song in existence and the only song ever to be played on the radio, and I remember when I found out likewise it broke my heart. I knew all the words then and I know all the words now. Strange the memories we keep, no?
This song came on the radio on our way to school yesterday morning, I was driving my car full of kids to drop off my son. I told them about this song, about how adamant I was that it was the only song ever to be played on the radio and about how much I loved this song. And still do.
