Sunday, November 24, 2019
Out of Nowhere
Tonight I had some time to myself and decided to take the little red convertible out for a drive in the cool evening night. I had the top down, heater turned all the way up (it was 62 degrees) and the seat warmer on. I was driving down a two lane road when the song "Eye in the Sky" by Jonatha Brooke came on.
The last time I heard all of this song was 5 years ago driving in a different convertible, on a two lane road in Sahuarita, AZ with Theresa sitting in the passenger seat. She wasn't feeling good but wanted to go out in the cool night air for a drive and wanted to hear this song. It was one of her favorites, especially the version above. I remember that night like it was yesterday. This totally caught me off-guard.
I remember what she was wearing, a green scarf she bought in Ireland, a brown leather bomber jacket, jeans and a big heavy blanket wrapped around herself. When the song ended she turned to me and said, Thank You for playing that song for me and thank you for taking me out to enjoy this night.. It was such a powerful memory. Little did I know on that cool night in Southern Arizona that just 144 short days later she would be gone from our lives forever. I remember being told that this process would be like waves in the ocean crashing into you. It amazes me that something as simple as a song can trigger such an intense memory from many years ago.
May her memory be eternal.
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