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Australia
journal from 2008
Pocket full of hope!
My name is Kelly samia. I'm a singer from Australia. I Log on to myspace every morning and the first thing i do is listen to 'pocket full of sunshine'. This song really does take me away to...
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Spotsylvania, VA
journal from 2005
First Natasha Concert
I'll never forget how insanely excited and giddy I was to hear that THE Natasha Bedingfield was going to perform at the Z100 Jingle Ball preshow. Not only was I able to go, but I lived in a...
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Spotsylvania, VA
journal from 2008
It's OK Now
I made a big deal about moving to New York. I was accepted to graduate school, and moved 300 miles away from home to get a master's degree in psychology...the parents at the daycare I worked at...
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Spotsylvania, VA
journal from 2006
Dancing Dreams
Peace of Me is an absolutely brilliant song. The light beginning mixed with the hard chorus makes for extreme emotion, and can be such an intense song. I've always been a dancer at heart, I...
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San Diego, CA
journal from 2000
My gradution
my memory was at my gradution my family brought horns and played them when i was called it was funny but i was SOOO embarassed and it was loud evryone was staring at them
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Spotsylvania, VA
journal from 2007
Silent Movie
It was a summer that should have been stressful academically, but instead was stressful in a much different way. I was taking EIGHT summer courses, four at a time (considered academic overload..)...
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Spotsylvania, VA
journal from 2006
On an Island in the Sun
Hearing Pocketful of Sunshine gives me flashbacks to my first, and only, vacation. My friend and I were studying too hard and decided that since we were set to take summer classes, we would go to...
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Spotsylvania, VA
journal from 2007
Ouch.
Cheerleading practice. A day gone horribly wrong. One awfully snowy day, I was on a bus after class getting ready to pick up my cheer clothes at my apartment and get to practice, when stopped at a...
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Kirkland, WA
journal from 2008
My first trip to Vegas!
My memory is one that I have yet to make. I am going on a vacation to Vegas for the first time ever in July! I want to have fun and make it as memorable as possible. I rarely have the opportunity...
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Elyria, OH
journal from 2004
I was depressed and wanted to die.
I remeber when I first heard Unwritten.....I was really depressed and didn't want to go on with life because I had been through so much pain in my life. I listened to the lyrics and it touched my...
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Tuscaloosa, AL
journal from 2007
Boring Days
When I was at school or when I'm anywhere, and I'm bored,sad,or mad,I listen to Pocketful of Sunshine. This song brightens my day, and it is the best song I've ever heard. I like to call it my...
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Farmington, AR
journal from 2008
the comeback of the Raiders March
As long as I can remember being here, I listen to The Raiders March from Indiana Jones & The Raiders of The Lost Ark, as well as Temple of Doom and Last Crusade. Just recently, the new Indiana...
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Harrisonburg, VA
journal from 2008
Are you in there?
My grandfather had heart surgery on 5/1/08 and has been in a coma since then. We go visit him everyday, it's very sad. I love him so much ! I heard this song on the radio for the first time a few...
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Oceanside, NY
journal from 2001
First time making out
When I was 14 years old I ha d agirl friend on a teen tour out on the western coast of the United States. It was the first girl who would essentially talk to me but every time I madea move prior...
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Danville, CA
journal from 2007
goodbye to you
It was the summer of 2007 my older brother was leaving for his first year of college and I was both happy and sad at the same time, finaly I thought I get to be an only child but felt it would be...
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Danville, CA
journal from 2008
the sun is on my side
My best friend and I have been super close for ten years and we have never been in a fight for more then 1 hour we are like sisters you get mad but you get over it well last week we got in a huge...
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Monmouth Junction, NJ
journal from 2007
With Michael
It was a bright sunny day when he had asked me out. I was so happy ive been in love with this guy for a long time and I never thought that i would have this wonderfull oppurtunity. Im so so happy...
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Cleveland, OH
journal from 2008
Almost breaking Point
I remember feeling like all my hope was gone. I remember feeling that I didnt have much to go on for. I remember starring life in the face and not want to fight it anymore. I was sitting in my...
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Trinidad And Tobago
journal from 2008
WHEN I SAID MY FIRST I LOVE YOU...
WELL ON VALENTINES DAY 2008 I CALLED ONE OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS AND TOLD HER THAT I LOVED HER AND I WANTED TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH HER......WELL SHE SAID SHE LOVES ME TO.....ARTER I HUNG UP...
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Singapore
journal from 2007
the day like theres no tomorow
it was a year that me and my friends has nothing to worry about.. all we wanted to do was have fun and enjoy the year before our important exam..... we ate together,play together sing out loud...
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Danville, CA
journal from 2008
Music is More Than Life
This I believe: music has effects on everyone, everyday that shape our lives. With each passing day a new song rings loud in my ears, echoes in my mind, and pulses in my fingers against the table...
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Iowa City, IA
journal from 1969
sweet 17!
I met the love of my life when I was 17. However.. it was just too good to be true. Puppylove, infatuation, in lust, in love, unreal. I still dream and think of it now when I hear Pocketful of...
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Brooklet, GA
journal from 2005
Beautiful memories of a special father
They say that music is the "universal language". Music can reach across racial and cultural divides and bring people together with common sentiments. Occasionally, lyrics and music can...
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Los Angeles, CA
journal from 2004
Met her brother in London
Daniel and Natasha used to give toys out for Christmas to Hospital for Sick Children in Great Ormond Street in London. I met Daniel when he was promoting his second album and the charity event....
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Charlotte, NC
journal from 2008
dare a cop
I'm on a stop traffic light waiting to turn green,and a police officer is behind me,and i just decided to go thrue the red traffic light and sure enough the police officer pulls me over and ask me...
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Corpus Christi, TX
journal from 2008
Dance
When listening to this song I feel like singing and dancing alll over my room. This song makes me happy and it feels me with joy. The album is really good that I can dance to almost all the songs...
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Las Cruces, NM
journal from 1950
Old Cape Cod
My Mom tells me of her memory of her dad listeing to Old Cape Cod by Patti Page, now that is our song.
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Las Cruces, NM
journal from 2008
Home
Now I listen to Natasha Bedingfield's Happy while roller-skateing to remind me of what a good life I have, because there're so many reasons to be happy.
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Las Cruces, NM
journal from 2007
My safe haven.
My memory may not be of my Grandpa dying or of going to a concert. My momory is my lifestyle. Music was beside my God my one true Pocketful of Sunshine in the Darkest of my days. Back in August...
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Knoxville, TN
journal from 1987
My fist trip to Atlanta
A friend and I drove 300 miles to see a concert, but the concert was cancelled, and we ended up having to drive back home. We ended up sleeping in the car for a while, but we had a lot of fun.
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Lima, OH
journal from 2002
My Grandpa dieing
This is my story about my pocketful of sunshine. Its a story about who my grandpa was, how close I was to him, and his death. I was very close with my grandpa. He was the kind of person who you...
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Chicago, IL
journal from 2005
Wild Horses... I soo wanted to be...
The first time I ever heard a track from Natasha was probably the summer of 2005...I can admit I wasnt as interested in her music until I heard "Wild Horses" I could relate to this track...
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Blackfoot, ID
journal from 2008
she is my doctor
My best...well not so best at first then it turns out good started a while back in January. I was having a bad problem with depression and cutting my wrists and being anerorexic i just didnt care...
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Henderson, NV
journal from 2004
my release date from prison
was incarcerated from 9/99 to 1/04. just seeing the changes las vegas went through, and if i would be able to survive on the outside. thankfully i have my life on track, but now i don't take...
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Andover, MN
journal from 1979
My Wedding
Memory I think of when listening to "Pocketful of Sunshine" is my wedding day. I was so happy to be marrying the man I love and knowing he was taking me away to better days. It is now...
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Mays Landing, NJ
journal from 2007
Jessie Marie Davis
When i was thinking about Jessie Marie Davis, the nine months pregnant lady that got killed last year by her lover in front of her two year old son, i listened to so music because i was so sad,i...
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Columbus, OH
journal from 1994
Nightswimmin g Deserves a Quiet Night
The song "Nightswimming" by REM will always represent the many long summer nights I spent on the deck to my swimming pool back home as a teenager. There wasn't much in the way of social...
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Buckhead, GA
journal from 2008
First Love - First Year
I would like to take my love to the concert to celebrate our first anniversayr of one year together. I am a college student working for the summer and she works at a dentist office in Watkinsville...
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Highland, NY
journal from 2008
Do I look Different
My husband and I are HUGE fan. We are so in love.I sing to him your hidden song -Do I look different-because somebody loves me more than I thought was possible- that somebody is my husband. He...
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Baden, PA
journal from 2008
Who Doesn't Long for a Soulmate
So I finally get Natasha's album and I'm like a kid in a candy store, tearing off the plastic (with intense force because those things are sealed tighter than a pickle jar), and jamming the disc...
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Canada
journal from 2006
My Surpise Concert Gift!
The song "Pocket Full Of Sunshine" takes me to a higher place, that is happy memories when I am distracted by the stresses of work, circumstances, relationships ect! One of my distinct...
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New York, NY
journal from 2006
My First Kiss
It was a Friday and it was after school. I walked outside with my friends and i was about to go somewhere, (I dont remember where though). And then all of a sudden i saw my friends Selena and...
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Marietta, GA
journal from 2008
Natasha's kiss
I have been so sad since Wednesday when David Archuleta lost the AI title to David Cook. He was brilliant on Tuesday. The judges reviews were fantastic. Randy said he was the best and Simon said...
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Modesto, CA
journal from 2007
my first play
It was the first play ive ever done and i was nervous at first and then i got up there and i got up there and then i kind of froze but then i realized it was all gooing to be okay. I started...
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Castlewood, VA
journal from 2008
in my car
I was in such a depressed state of mind as i was driving home when the song "Pocketful of Sunshine" began to play on my radio. As i listened to the words tears just streamed...
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Portland, OR
journal from 2005
That Day
that day was a day i'll always remember. that was the day my niece was taken from me. they burst in the door and everyone was confused as to what was going on.they explained to me and my family...
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Fort Bragg, NC
journal from 2007
My Soldier
My husband was graduating boot-camp training with the US Army in Fort Jackson SC We haven't seen each other in months and when our eyes finially met again it brought me back to the day we...
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Ashby, MA
journal from 1969
Riding in Cars
The memories of my teenage years are always triggered by the music I was listening to at that time. There were no high tech toys then, so we rode around in the car with the radio on. When I need...
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Pevely, MO
journal from 2005
Falling in Love
I remember when I fell in love with my husband and being separated by miles of ocean, I would miss him so much. The smell of his skin, the way his teeth looked when he smiled, every little thing...
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Attleboro, MA
journal from 2008
Happiness
It felt so good. I was depressed, sad emotional. I felt lonely. Then bam, pocketful of sunshine came on my mp3 player. It felt so good. I started singing outloud. I was just on my swing. I hopped...
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Philadelphia, PA
journal from 1968
It's Hard Out Here For a Gimp
I love the way Pockeful of Sunsine makes me forget about my aching bones, and frees my spirit to dance. The first time I heard the song I could barely walk, crippled by Rheumatoid arthritis. I...
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Fort Lauderdale, FL
journal from 2008
my trip to L.A
I'm delighted to share my trip to L.a with you, as always music for me has to be a motivator. I went to L.a for a business trip to promote my jewelry line made by my husband and myself. Everyday...
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Dublin, OH
journal from 2006
Poolside Relaxation
During the summer of 2006 I would spend at least two days per week at my health club swimming pool trying to get some sun. I had my ipod loaded with Natasha's songs and would completely let my...
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Comstock Park, MI
journal from 1999
Meeting Someone Special
Pocketful of Sunshine remind me of hope and a new beginning. It's good to start over, feel excited about meeting someone special and is full of enthusiasm and a fresh start. That's what it feels...
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Perry, IA
journal from 2008
the moment i saw the love of my life
a pocket full of sunshine remindes me of how i felt when i and my hubby found each other.. both he and i were 2 nd time round looking for somthing new and permanent and we found each other at at...
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Portage, MI
journal from 2008
"Pocket ful Of Sunshine And...
When I hear Natasha sing "Unwritten" (which is EVERY morning as it's my wake up alarm tone on my cellphone), it makes me realize that, no matter how bad yesterday may have been, Today IS...
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Lake Worth, FL
journal from 1967
my first kiss
West Palm Beach, FL
journal from 2008
Sunday morning
As a 60 year old "Oldie but goodie"... it takes a lot to get me to sit up and take notice, but when Natasha Bedingfield appeared on a broadcast performing her new single Pocketful of...
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Cincinnati, OH
journal from 2008
Chasing Cars
I didn't know I would be driving the same road again so soon. Break lights in front and behind, flags following one after another,in pursuit of the same destination. Then this song came on loud...
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Chesapeake, VA
journal from 2008
First time
I bought your Pocketful Of SunshineCD without ever even hearing a single song from it on the radio. I loved your frist CD Unwritten and every song has a meaning for me. So, I went on faith and got...
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Burnsville, MN
journal from 2008
My escape from "crazin ess"
I'm 27 years old. I have 3 children ages 6mos, 2yrs, and 3 yrs. You could say that my life is INSANE! My husband and I never planned on having 3 children but feel as though we were blessed. I love...
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Fairfax, VA
journal from 2004
My First Love
I never really thought there was love at first sight... just maybe some sort of aurora but when I saw a chat mesage from someone and could not stop thinking about them, I knew there was something....
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Wesley Chapel, FL
journal from 2005
The Day my son Was Born
The First day I met my first son, it was the most amazing feeling in the world. Looking at him as they clean him was like wow, I created him, from his ears to his beautiful little toes. When I...
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Denton, TX
journal from 2008
Lunch Break
I was eating lunch on my break from work and an old Eagles song came on and it immediately made me think about my father. He's done so much for me and used to sit me down and play music to me. He...
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Philadelphia, PA
journal from 2008
Reminisce
Recently, while on a long road trip, I was listening to "Pocketful of Sunshine" and thinking about how music is a great way to escape the hecticness of the world and how it's also a tool...
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Woodstock, GA
journal from 2001
my uncle
he was teaching me to jump rope. even tho i was old to have learned it hestill taught me and i will always remember him. as he rest in peace today
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Atlanta, GA
journal from 2006
Music with Cancer
In 2006, I was diagnosed with a recurrent breast cancer - next to the the site of 2 previous breast cancers - from 1991 and 1996. During the summer and fall of 2006 that I went for all the various...
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Gainesville, FL
journal from 2008
happiness in a tune
pocketful of sunshine is a miracle in a tune. it's very rare to encounter a melody so addictive and soaring that it has the power to pick you up out of that dull moment in time and transport your...
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Atlanta, GA
journal from 1982
When I first landed in the United States
Scary. Someone was supposed to meet me. They didn't. It was 1 a.m. as the plane had to back track due to engine trouble, so it arrived 5 hours later than it was supposed to. I was too embarrassed...
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Ithaca, MI
journal from 2000
A bunch of Wishes
Hello, my name is Anglea, My memory is of my Father back when I was in High School. He was an alcohalic and it basiclly heped mess up my High School Caeer. He was always drunk and my parents...
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Arlington, VA
journal from 2002
On second thought...
A psychologist once told me that I should stop listening to music when I'm down because my music choices tend to correspond with my moods. Angry music for pissed off enthusiasm. High energy music...
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Gainesville, FL
journal from 2008
Help me up Love
Well, music has always been my escape. I would sing when I was sad, turn the volume on loud when I was angry, dance around like a fool when I was excited.....music has been the one constant in my...
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Alexandria, VA
journal from 2006
Inviting Ivories
I've always been a music lover at heart. I sang in choirs all through middle school and high school and have been playing the piano since I was seven. I really love music, all kinds. But it wasn't...
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South Africa
journal from 2005
Home alone and nothing to do
I was home alone and i thought life is just boring so i decided to play one of my rock tapes. It was Queen's "I want to break free" and I thought this is my song cause at the time i...
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India
journal from 2007
14/2/2007
its my personel thing so i cant. but when i meet first time im very nerves bcoz i have not more money to pay her friends hotel bill. at that time i realize i have creadit card and then i...
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Belle Chasse, LA
journal from 2005
Wake Me Up When September Ends
Music can definitely evoke so many feelings. And they don't even always have to be happy. But it brings you back to a specific time or place, and it makes you feel again. We get so caught up in...
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Lagrange, GA
journal from 2007
getting hurt
CAN'T TAKE IT- ALL AMERICAN REJECTS in my opinion, this song is about a guy that that is tormented by a girl that he loves even though she’s screwed him over so many times. no matter what the...
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Pueblo, CO
journal from 2001
Daydream
Music is a great help with my problems. I was 11 whem my mother started to go through menopause,so she started getting really bad mood swing and she would yell at me about everything. Naturally I...
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Jacksonville, NC
journal from 1999
Finding yourself
I was 19, desperate to find myself whereever I may be. Driving was a great way to open my mind and give me time to think. One day I decided to take the ultimate trip and got in my car and drove...
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New York, NY
journal from 2008
Calgon take me away!
Sure, it's a little cliched but I when I need to escape I prepare a nice warm bath and crank up some mellow tunes. There's something about the bubbles, the quiet lapping of water against my skin,...
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