I love music, all types of music. As I was sorting my music on my iPod, I realized I needed to list my favorite heartbreaking songs. I have gone through some heartache, true love, raw breakups in my lifetime, whether from a man breaking up with me, cheating on me or just being mean to me. Here are the songs that touched my heart and helped to heal my heart during these rough times. Because as raw as these wounds are, you will heal.

My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion Theme from the movie Titanic, it was so raw and I cried many, many tears when my boyfriend’s family moved away and I didn’t even get to say goodbye. I was young and dumb but completely in love with him.

Bring on the Rain and Burn by Jo De Messina When I caught my boyfriend cheating on me with my best friend, these two songs made me so strong. Listen to the lyrics; it's about love, heartache and healing, it will make you stronger as you sing it. Promise!

Endless Love by Diana Ross & Lionel Richie The power of this song was unreal to me. My first love, I felt everything they sung in this song. I moved to another state with my family, I was sixteen and I loved him more than live itself. This love song totally explained our love for one another.

Strong Enough by Cher This song was unbelievable in it’s time. I was in high school, yes, a long time ago and let me tell you this song made me tough, cold and heartless. I realized I was being used and this song taught me to be strong and I prevailed through the heartache whole experience.

I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor To this day, I still love this song. I will never forget, I was in my early twenties and went to “70s” bar with my boyfriend and he broke up with me there to go out with another girl, can you believe that? I was sitting at the table by myself and this song came on and as I was listening to it, I did something I have never done before. I got up from my chair, walked to the dance floor and danced all by myself as I sung this song. In fact, I was so hot that after the song ended, a couple of cute guys came up to me to ask me to dance, and I did. I never once looked for my boyfriend but this song made me shine like no other.

Take Another Little Piece of My Heart by Janis Joplin Biggest loser that I ever gave my heart too, well, this song truly represented that time in my life where I was young and in love. I will leave it at that, to hard to explain yet. Great song and it helped to explain a lot to me personally.

There are some great songs written by wonderful and fabulous writers and I am grateful that I get the opportunity to relate them to my life and different times in which they affected my life. Music can change the way you look at life, listen, learn and heal.