iamawildparty

iamawildparty t1_iu4nbch wrote

In 2002 I was in a long distance relationship. We lived about three hours away from each other, but we were both young so we'd make it work. One weekend, I was on my way to the bus station, and my gf at the time had a university class to get to, so I was *super* early. I stopped in to the indie record shop around the corner from the bus station. After pleasantries I say "I've got a long bus ride ahead of me. What do I get?"

"Well, I've really been digging this lately."

He hands me a copy of The Creek Drank the Cradle by Iron & Wine. So I bought it. I don't remember how much it was, but I still listen to this record 20 years later. I cried on the bus to how beautiful this album was.

"We found your name across the chapel door, carved in cursive with a table fork."

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