In September, 2012, when she was 16, she fainted at school and hit the back of her head on a concrete floor causing a severe concussion and complete amnesia. She didn't know me, her mom, nobody. She didn't remember anything. Ten days after that happened, she was going stir crazy sitting at home, so we took a little road trip to my sister's house, who lived about 3 hours away. "Cheeseburger in Paradise" came on and when the chorus came around, Sarah belted out "I like mine with lettuce and tomato, Heinz 57 and french fried potatoes! I REMEMBER IT!!! PLAY IT AGAIN!" So, we played it 3 or 4 more times and she remembered the whole song. Then she said, "Play something else I know." So I played 10 or 12 songs from various artists that I knew she liked and she didn't remember all of them, but she remembered most of them. After that, her memory started returning. It took months, but it finally came back, mostly. There are still a few things that happened before her concussion that she doesn't remember or is kind of hazy on, but nothing that's important. So, as maligned as "Cheeseburger" is by some people, it's one of my favorites!
