Muffin Man

Have you ever heard a song and then just couldn’t get it out of your head? Well today that happened to me and it’s a song I hadn’t sung or even heard for a very long time. I was in a store picking up something for my hubby and I heard it. There was the sweetest little voice around the corner just singing his heart out and he was singing, “Do you know the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man?”…admit it you just sang that instead of reading it 🤣. Well needless to say that song has been stuck in my head ever since. There’s just a little something different about riding down the road with that song on your mind.

I got thinking about the cute little fella that was singing and how when we’re young innocent children we just do what feels right and makes us happy and don’t worry what others think about it. We trust those who take care of us and are seemingly carefree. He trusted who he was with in the store to watch over him and protect him and was just enjoying himself. If only we all felt the same way as we get older. (I know there are some children who sadly don’t have that type of upbringing, but that’s a topic for another day maybe.)

Trust is an interesting thing. There are so many different levels of trust, at least for me. If you’ve ever had someone abuse your trust, it can become very difficult for you to trust again. I thought back to the first time I ever rode on the bike with my hubby. At the time, we were just friends and I had no idea what to do as a rider. Being on the back of a motorcycle is very different than a snowmobile which I grew up riding and knew all about leaning on. Believe me, you do NOT lean as a passenger on a bike like you do on a snowmobile. My poor hubby survived while I learned though, thanks to his lifelong experience on bikes and patience with me. As I think back to that very first ride with him, I realize I had put total trust in him at that very moment. My life was literally in his hands. At that point in my life, that was huge because the only men I trusted completely then were my dad and my brother. I soon learned what it was like to put total trust in someone who wanted the best for me, that wasn’t part of my family. Obviously our friendship grew and so did my trust in him and for that I’m forever grateful. I know he’ll always be there when I need him the most. That is priceless.

You can trust some people with little things, and some you trust to do their job, others you trust to handle things for you when you can’t, but you have to have at least 1 person you know you can trust completely no matter what and feel safe with. In this crazy world we now live in, that’s so increasingly important. I’m learning to trust a little more, I just tend to be more guarded which I guess comes with experience and age. There are times when I don’t even trust myself to make the right decisions. I’m learning instead of jumping to decisions, sometimes it’s ok to admit to myself I’m not sure and I need to pray about it first. His decisions are always better than my own as I’ve mentioned before.

Who would have thought hearing the muffin man song would have led us to this? Well I guess that’s why my blog is called ramblings.

On that note, let me ramble about 1 more thing. I also experienced many smells today that reminded me of childhood; mine and my boys. I initially smelled the sweet smell of honeysuckle like I used to smell when taking my boys for a walk or fishing, the unmistakable smell of mothballs (guess someone was trying to keep the snakes away), and before the ride was over I finally smelled the wonderful aroma of dairy cows that I love because it always takes me back to my childhood days in a friend’s barn with my dad.

It’s amazing to me the power that songs and smells can have on our thoughts and feelings. Before I started writing after some of my rides, I never realized any of this. Riding and writing both awaken all of my senses and I would be missing out on so much if I didn’t have these new experiences.

The Lord indeed can get our attention in many ways through even the least expected things. Never underestimate what He can do.