linner notes of my life

Hey, my name is Maddi. I am 15 year old ninth grader. I have had an interesting life and these are some of my life events from kindergarten to a couple months ago to what I want in the future. Enjoy!

“School’s out for the summer” by Alice Cooper

When I was about 5 years old I started school. I went to Creekside Elementary. About a week or so into the school year I couldn’t wait for school to be out. Even at my young age of 5, I wanted to be outside playing with my friends. Whenever I hear this song I always remember kindergarten and wanting to be free. Even now that I am in 9th grade, I get so excited whenever I hear this song. It reminds me of summer and that I’m free then. I get to be outside and not stuck inside cramming my brain with information.

“When I am Baptized” by Nita Dale Milner

In October of 2004, I got baptized. I had just turned 8, a month ago, and I was really excited. I had looked forward to that day for years. When I got baptized I became a member of my church. I was filled with happiness when I came out of the water. I have always wanted to relive that day, and with this song I can. This song reminds me of my special day. These lyrics pretty much sum up everything that it meant to me that day,

I know when I am baptized my wrongs are washed away,

And I can be forgiven and improve myself each day.

And I can be forgiven and improve myself each day.



“Beach Baby” By the First Class

My grandparent love to take me and my cousins to Florida to stay in their condo. The condo is right by the beach. We could step outside and go 100 yards and we were at the beach. My cousins and I loved playing on the beach. We would build and castles and burry ourselves and just have fun.

I never thought that it would end…

Long hot days

Cool Sea haze

Juke box plays

Those are almost exactly what went through my mind as I played on the beach, the long days, blue sea, and the loud music. When I listen to it I always remember those trips to Florida and playing on the beach.



“Come Sail Away” by Stix

I was around 10 years old when my parents told my family and I that we were going on a cruise to Mexico. We went right after school got out. I loved looking out to the sea and trying to find sharks, fish, or anything cool. I would spend countless hours doing that every day. I enjoyed watching the ocean zoom by too. In the lyrics to this song, it has a person that is going to sail away. I listen to that live and I remember the cruise. I think of the ocean waves and the sparkling water. The things they described in this song it what I experienced. This is a great reminder of a fun trip.



“Set Fire to the Rain” Adele

I love camping. I love everything about it. I love sleeping in a tent, cooking over a fire, and roasting marshmallows on a stick. I love the feeling when I am out in the forest away from the world. I like being independent and living off the land. However, this song’s lyrics don’t remind me of camping but the title. I always hate it when it rains while I’m camping. It’s hard to have a fire with rain. I wish fire could put out the rain and not the other way around.



“Chariots of Fire” Vangelis

In 7th grade I ran track. To me running is a way to leave life’s worries and just get away. So I fell in love with track instantly, it was my life. I ran whenever I could, trying to get better. I ran the 100m, 200m, and the 4 by 4. I was so happy when I raced. I always wanted to be the best I could be at running. There is a movie with this song in it. They play it when a guy runs an amazing race. Now whenever I listen to this song I think of that movie and running and how I can run amazing too.



“O Canada” Robert Stanley Weir

My dad is Canadian so we have family that lives up there. We have had road trips and went to visit them. It takes 14 hours in the car to get to the first house. Some of my best memories are of my family and I in Canada. “O Canada” is the nation anthem for Canada. It reminds me of all those times I went and visited my family. I have a sense of pride when I hear it because I have ancestors that come from there.



“Boo in the Hall of the Mountain King”

Last summer and the first little bit of 9th grade I was in the Davis High Marching Band. I had so much fun and made a lot of new friends. It was a lot of work but in the end it was worth it. We got first in a competition at BYU. I can’t wait till summer when it starts again. This song is one of the 3 songs that we played for that year. SO of course whenever I hear it I think of band, good and band alike I will never forget my experiences.



“Under the Sea” Allen Menken

One Easter, my parents gave us a paper that said we were going scuba diving. It was just in a swimming pool but it was awesome. It was cool being able to breathe under water. I loved the first breath I took that day. It’s a feeling I will never forget. The song is in “The Little Mermaid”. Mermaids can swim and breathe underwater. Also it’s about eh sea and living there. It always reminds me of breathing under the water and how it would be to live there.

“Life is a Highway” Rascal Flatts

When I turned 15 I was so excited to get my learners permit. I had counted down year to months to day. I was really excited. My dad took me on Friday and I passed the test on the first try and I got my learners permit. I remember driving on the highway and being just so happy. Now I’m counting down the days for my license. This song compares s life and a highway. I know how the highway is, so I think of driving more than the comparison in this song. I think of how much fun I have while driving.

Life is a highway

I wanna ride it all night long

If you're going my way

I wanna drive it all night long



“So long, Farewell” Oscar Hammerstein

About 4 months ago I moved. My family and I wanted to move for a long time. So that day it finally came true. The hardest thing for me was saying good bye to my old neighbors. I had lived in my old house for 14 years, which is almost me whole life, so it was a little hard saying bye to them.

So long, farewell

Auf Wiedersehen, adieu

Adieu, adieu

To you and you and you

Those few lines were what I felt like I was doing that whole day, saying goodbye. I hated the feeling of saying goodbye. But I guess it isn’t never always goodbye, I still get to see them from time to time.



“Live Like you were Dying” Tim Mcgraw

I have constantly dreamed about skydiving. I think that the feeling when you fall out of the plane would be remarkable. I can’t think about another feeling that would top it. When I turn 18 that is what I am going to do, skydiving. I can’t wait till that day. It is only a little over 2 years and I can skydive. My mom said, “When you turn 18, you can go.” So I just can’t wait! When I hear this song by Tim Mcgraw I think of skydiving and I go in to LaLa land and dream about it.

An' he said: "I went sky diving

That is what I want to be able to say. I want to say that I went skydiving.

These are the songs that go with my life. Thanks for reading. I hope you have a little bit more insight of my life.