A.N.: I'm always inspired by music for my stories. This is one of two stories where I let you in on my inspiration. This story depicts non-chronological scenes from Emily Gilmore's life (with guest-starring of all the other characters from the series, of course). Enjoy the ride and please leave me some reviews.

Disclaimer: I don't own this wonderful charcaters - the belong to Amy Palladino and Warner Brothers. No infrigement intended - I just borrowed them to have fun with them.

Songs of My Life

Prologue

Both my daughter and my granddaughter are absolute music lovers, trying to work through their emotions with the words of a singer rather than finding words of their own. I laugh at times when I hear them reciting lyrics or humming a melody , some of the songs known to me … despite those two claiming I'm outdated. Their inability to talk about their feelings they get from me – another similarity I share with my only child that she adamantly refuses to see. Lorelai truly thinks that I was always the stern, forbidding woman she made me out to be. It hurts more because she believes her own tales, she's been telling anyone, who listened or was near enough to hear, about me. Often I have to clench my fists and bite viciously on my tongue to stop me from blurting it all out.

The pain.

The disappointment

The anger.

But also the laughter.

The teasing.

The singing.

For I am like her.

Music is my life line. It makes everything lighter, easier to bare. And I have sung my heart out over the course of my life – accompanied by both tears and laughter.