my mother once told me that she gets a lump in her throat when she hears Taps.
when i hear it, i remember being in boot camp in san diego. Taps would play every night over the loud speaker on the camp and that signaled lights out for the night. For us, however, it signaled that the fireworks from sea world were about to start.
we would sit up in our bunks and look out the window while the fireworks blazed in the cool night sky. it was our connection to the outside world we were no longer a part of. we were kids again.
that's what i think about when i hear Taps.
