So you may wonder why we are calling our blog, Our Little Sandbox. Well, the funny thing is that Billy and I both despise the sand. We are in trouble if our little girl turns out to love the beach. I will volunteer her daddy to help build the sandcastles…or maybe that’s where her aunts and uncles come in?

Sandbox is a song by our favorite band, Widespread Panic. Ironically, we’ve never heard them play the song live because the last time they played it was in 2001. So it’s definitely a song that we want to see them play one day but odds are against it. Besides that we’ve seen Widespread Panic 45 times together, the lyrics are what make the song relevant to us.

The first verse that is relevant to us is:

I’m in love with a girl that I met in the bar
She’s brought me this far, yeah
And all I did was say
Can I get you a drink

Well, that’s how it all started. Who meets their spouse in a bar? Yep, we do. The other verse I like is the first:

What a place to hang out is a sandbox
Bury things you don’t want
And dig up things you do want
And the sun is on your face

I think this is about making life what you want it. If you focus on the positive and not dwell on the negative, you will always be happy no matter what life throws at you. And this is why we are calling our website, Our Little Sandbox.