Hope everyone remembered to set their clocks forward last night before bed. Today’s song challenge is “a song that makes you sad.” For me, “Time in a Bottle” is a song many people call romantic, but I’ve always heard it as sad, so that’s how it makes me feel.
Yesterday, we had to say goodbye to Debby’s Stewie, who just a few days ago celebrated his seventeenth birthday. He’s had health issues the last few months and among other things, struggled with his appetite. Today, the staff at Gulf Coast offered him a little feast of birthday cake and ice cream, among other goodies, and he loved the bacon. It was already gone from his tray in this photo! He also enjoyed a bit of the birthday cake and ice cream and ate all the Cheetos before his gentle, loving goodbye. Debby’s going to miss the dog she called “the little Frenchman” so much.
Stewie was originally her grandchildren’s dog. When they had to give him up, she invited him to live with her. He and her big black lab Harley became good friends. Harley died in 2019, also on March 9. Now they’re together again.
We may not be able to save time in a bottle, but it has no power over the bonds of love.
I’m sorry and sad about Stewie. I had a dream last night that somehow Lacey the cocker spaniel of my childhood slid open the oven door and ate the meal that was staying warm in there, which was probably a pan pizza.
He ain’t heavy is a song I simply can’t listen too anymore as it was at Sam’s funeral back in 2002.
I understand completely. I have a song that I won’t listen to anymore, and I plan to use it on one of the later days in the month.
Oh, I’m sorry to hear about Stewie. Although we know it’s for the best, it’s so hard to see them off over the Rainbow Bridge.
Sinead O’Connor’s rendition of ‘Make Me a Channel of Your Peace’ is always a difficult one for me, as it’s the track my mother chose for her ‘going in’ music at her funeral. The tears simple streamed as we lined-up to follow her coffin into the service.
Thank you.
What a beautiful song your mother chose and a powerful memory.