I am listening to this song as I write and it always reminds me of a special day in my life – 24th September 2001. I know exactly where I was that day and what I was doing. I was in hospital in Harlow.
Some 13 days before the world had been changed forever by the shocking and distressing attack on the World trade centre in New York. An event, which made Kerry and myself, wonder what kind of world we were bringing our daughter into. The whole world had been plunged into chaos and friends of friends and people I spoke to in New York where in shock. The news was filled with horrific images and nothing seemed like it would ever be the same again.
Kerry went into labour on a Sunday night and Ophelia was born after a staggering 23 hours of labour on 24th September! As Ophelia or Phillie as we call her was our first baby we had no idea what to expect so assuming it wouldn’t take too long we only took a handful of CDs to play in the delivery room.
Along with ‘The Secrets of the Beehive’ by David Sylvian we had a copy of ‘Rise’ by Gabrielle and so we played them. As this was relatively new at the time we played ‘Rise’ a number of times and particularly loved this song. Maybe it’s the sound at the opening that sounds like the heart monitor or the lyrics which seem to draw you in but we played this particular song a lot during that 23 hours and so it will forever be associated with what was one of the most positive moments in my life – the birth of my daughter. ‘Rise’ is now known as ‘Phillie’ music and whenever I hear it reminds me of my baby…..
Now listen to the song….
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