Wildflowers by Tom Petty

Kevin was a HUGE Tom Petty fan, and this past summer, we were fortunate enough to see him in Concert in Philadelphia, It was amazing….Kevin introduced me to Petty with the Wildflowers album, and I was quickly hooked. I remember the hours long car rides to the beach listening to Petty and Kevin singing along at the top of his lungs. He was a good singer, and could really belt it out. I LOVED that about him.

When Kevin was sick, I bought the Petty anthology for him to listen to in the hospital room. It quickly became my new favorite, and after he passed, I still listened to it often. But I just couldn’t bring myself to put in the Wildflowers disc. It had so many memories.

But on Sunday, after I had my breakdown on top of the mountain, I decided to honor Kevin, and put in the Wildflowers disc into my car stereo. The first song, is, of course, WILDFLOWERS, and as I was driving back down the mountain I realized something. This was Kevin’s ode to me after his death. I felt release. I felt….among the wildflowers. As the song says, I deserve to be with him, but I should be free among the wildflowers. Somewhere I can be free. I hope you’ll download the song on your computer if you haven’t heard it already, because I do feel that Kevin left me a great ode…

You belong among the wildflowers
You belong in a boat out at sea
Sail away, kill off the hours
You belong somewhere you feel free

Run away, find you a lover
Go away somewhere bright and new
I have seen no other
Who compares with you

You belong among the wildflowers
You belong in a boat out at sea
You belong with your love on your arm
You belong somewhere you feel free

Run away, go find a lover
Run away, let your heart be your guide
You deserve the deepest of cover
You belong in that home by and by

You belong among the wildflowers
You belong somewhere close to me
Far away from your trouble and worry
You belong somewhere you feel free
You belong somewhere you feel free

Brenda Sieglitz

Brenda Lee Sieglitz is an author and public speaker whose topics focus on travel, grief, and nature. Widowed in 2008 at 24 years of age, Brenda is an advocate for sarcoma patients, the widowed community, and conservation through her volunteerism with the National Park Service, Lancaster County Conservancy, Pennsylvania Master Naturalist, Hospice of Lancaster County, Soaring Spirits International, Angiosarcoma Awareness and Highmark Caring Place. Brenda won the 2009 Associated Content “Content of the Year” award, and in 2011 was named one of Wyndham Women’s “Women on their Way”. Most recently her love and loss memoir, Ebb from the Shoreline, won 1st Place Editor’s Choice in Nonfiction at the 2014 North American Book Awards. Sieglitz holds a degree in business and became a Pennsylvania Master Naturalist in 2015. In her spare time, she adores playing with her two nieces, going on family adventures with her husband, stepdaughter and son-in-law, hiking, camping and is working to complete her bucket list dream of visiting all National Park units. Sieglitz has been married to her best friend Dave since 2013 and continues to reside in Lancaster County with their two beagles Scotch and Fina.

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