Life Is But A Dream... but the memories always linger on

... for this is what memories are made of...

Row row row your boat... 

Gently down the stream...

Merrily Merrily Merrily Merrily

 

Life is but a dream...

Yes it is all but a dream. Take a moment and think about these words...

Row, row, row your boat... do the daily, what ever that may be in your current life.

Gently down the stream... you go about your business per the status quo. Like a sheep, you follow the herd, never veering off the path. You row your boat without making waves.

Merrily Merrily Merrily Merrily... trying to be happy.

Life is but a dream... the past is nothing but a memory... you can not hold it, touch it, smell it or taste it... just like a dream. 

"75 yrs, it was kinda unreal, dreaming or something,

but it was real, that's all I have to say..."  ~Fred Sobaugh

I saw a piece on the news this morning about a man named Fred Sobaugh. The back story is, Fred had recently lost his wife, Lorraine, a woman who he spent 75 years of his life with. When they met she was working as a car hop. They dated for two years and then married. One evening, not to long after his wife passed away, Fred penned a song to Lorraine. When he saw an ad in the local paper for a song writing contest he sent it in... albeit not according to the rules. You see Fred proclaimed that he is not a musician and he can not sing. Fred did not win the contest, what he did receive was his song, set to music and professionally recorded.

Oh Sweet Lorraine was put together by Green Shoe Studio inc.  you can buy a copy on itunes and the proceeds will go to Fred and his family.

But to me, more even more touching than the song, were two comments that Fred made...

the one above from the interview and the other in the lyrics of the song.

"Oh sweet Lorraine, I don't want to move on..."

 just another wandering thought

...about illusions.

I'll get to the Mexican Fisherman another day...