A song.

Yesterday I talked to Mom on facetime. It was a good visit. She told me that she had spent the better part of Saturday trying to remember the lyrics to a song that she and Dad loved, and he used to sing. While we were talking I tried to find it on Youtube so she could hear it. She is pretty deaf and couldn't quite make it out. I told her she could google the lyrics. She said she rather enjoyed trying to remember, though it took a while. She said she might google it later to see if she had them right. I remembered the Willie Nelson version of the song, but really didn't pay much attention to the lyrics. Until today.

Of late, Mom has really been missing Dad. I heard it in her voice when we were down for New Year's. And now this...

I can still hear Dad signing this...and BTW, he did it better than Willie ever did. 

Stardust

from Classic Hoagy Carmichael

Sometimes I wonder why I spend

The lonely nights dreaming of a song

The melody haunts my reverie

And I am once again with you

When our love was new

And each kiss an inspiration

Ah but that was long ago

Now my consolation is in the stardust of a song

Beside the garden wall

When stars are bright, you are in my arms

The nightingale tells his fairy tale

Of paradise where roses grew

Though I dream in vain

In my heart it will remain

My stardust melody

The memory of love's refrain

This sweet tune starts my Valentine week. 
All you need is love. And. My parents had it in aces.