I first read about this challenge from 

The Sturg whose story was in my feed. So I checked out 

Lucy Socha’s challenge regarding it.

So, here are five songs that break my heart when I listen to them. So fair warning, they might make you sad too.

Incomplete (Backstreet Boys)

This song was but a ballad to me for so long before I had ever known real heartbreak. And then I played Dragon Age: Inquisition and romanced a character who is not who he seems to be, who is set on doing something no matter what else that means, even if it means leaving and never seeing the woman he loves ever again. So many lyrics are so symbolic of this character and the scenes in the game; it’s incredible. It’s also a beautiful song.

Remember (Josh Groban)

This song was released for the 2004 movie Troy. It is a sad song about the loss of a lover to death. I have been lucky not to lose a lover in this way, but I have lost friends to death, and their partners fell apart. Just hearing the song gets me teary-eyed. I don’t know how I would be able to go on if I ever lost my husband.

Love the Way You Lie, Part 2 (Rihanna feat. Eminem)

Now this one is a powerful one for me. I dated a few guys who were either counter-dependent or had issues like drug addictions, or got involved with the wrong crowd of people. Being pushed away to be pulled back in always hurts. These relationships began so well and seemed so wonderful, but because we were in two different worlds emotionally, situations became toxic and escalated quickly, only for us to reconcile in the heat of passion and then to do it all over again a few days later.

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Well, the elf is a playful tease I like to use with my husband, who’s always such a good sport about my crushes on video game characters.

The spoons are a metaphor.

I first heard about “spoons” (a.k.a. being a “spoonie”) as a way to explain low/lack of energy a couple of years ago.

Basically, people with chronic illnesses or anything that may cause low energy levels, introverts, people with anxiety, etc., can ascribe spoons to explain losing large amounts of energy for things that, for others, don’t drain as much.

We start the day with a limited amount of spoons only, so we need to be selective about how we use them and when.

I have adrenal fatigue, so using “spoons” applies to me. Though most often I simply talk about energy levels.

As an example, since I’m low on spoons these days, I decided that the dishes were more pressing than the mountain of clean laundry that needs folding. Clean laundry won’t start smelling if I leave it for another day or two.

And, of course, having anxiety makes me feel panicky about having low energy, which drains my energy more, which makes me more panicky, which drains my energy more, which makes me more panicky, in a perpetual loop of draining panic. ARGH!

I jokingly asked my husband to give me a bouquet of spoons for Valentine’s Day.

Of course, I don’t literally mean anything like,

‘Husband, proceed to feed me your energy, mwahahaa!’

That would just be too creepy.

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