OT: Anyone remember. . .

the song "This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine?" Thought about it today as some of you posted to What's New about just being tea lights or vacuum lights. And then there was Pat who sounded like she woke up with a spotlight shining! We do the best we can on any given day. Wi**** was as easy as turning up the brightness some days don't you? Some days a little glimmer is all we can manage but it's enough to show us the way to better days  I'm especially thinking of Ruth today.I'm sure life is very painful right now. I remember the feeling of a rock in the pit of my stomach for months after my dad died. Remembering the good times with my dad helped to bring back the life to me. It took time, but it did come. I vowed to live my life fully as a tribute to him.

Yes, and now that you mention it, it's in my head ... I remember it from Brownies and Girl Scouts.

Hide it under a bushel , No!. I'm gon'a let it shine. The first time I remember hearing that unlifting song was in  Vacation Bible School, and Sunday School. 

 

Yes, Karen I remember that song....now it is stuck in my head....I need to go turn the radio on NOW!!

Seriously it was one of my dad's favorite songs....thanks for the memory!!

Hugs...connie d

Sheesh Karen. . .

I do remember it, but what came to my mind was "Turn on your Lovelight" . . .  guess my youth and Deadhead side is showing. . . 

Glimmers lead to bright lights eventually, but that darkness that envelops when someone we love leaves (sometimes, even a person in our lives who we may have been ambivalent about), the finality of death is like something ripping inside of us, yet as I stated in my response to Ruth, I believe I have had visitations of those I've lost and so I do not feel quite so badly anymore, and sometimes I feel their presence, or through a gesture, or smile on a faceless stranger, I am reminded of something of them and I see that as them letting me know they are always near, I accept death as a part of where we are now and my belief is, we all meet up somewhere again, but in the meantime I tap into the memories, good and bad of my experiences. . .

just my ramblings. . .

G rated song versus a more mature one???  "Turn on your lovelight"  brings back fond memories of my college years! One song leads to another. . .also reminded me of "Let your love grow"   I sometimes see an old guy in a baseball camp driving a pickup with a canopy down the roads. I'm reminded of my dad every time. And it's a good memory when it comes!\

Dad would also stoop to pick up a penny whenever he saw one. Raised and married during the depression he know the value of one. During the depression he worked for $1.00 a DAY. . . I pick up pennies to as they are a fond reminder.

About picking up pennies. . . I once read or heard it somewhere, that we should pick up pennies to keep us humble, as only a truly humble person will do so