tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post2427149038719500206..comments2024-01-24T01:27:11.111-05:00Comments on Café Muscato: Over the River and Through the WoodsMuscatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04657061324487851341noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-14901266627124383582015-12-14T11:56:39.667-05:002015-12-14T11:56:39.667-05:00What a beautifully written, heart touching tribute...What a beautifully written, heart touching tribute to your grandmother. We called the only one I knew Gramma. As kids we'd want to sit on her lap but couldn't because she was, well, there just wasn't enough lap to go around. <br />She died on Christmas Eve, after an endless series of setbacks. I watched her die a little more every day. <br />I was an organist at the time, so she was assured of a grand funeral at the church where I played. I don't remember playing Christmas Eve mass the year she died. I don't remember playing Christmas Day, either, and I have selected memories about her funeral, but the priest insisted I play it, so I did. There wasn't a dry eye in the church, especially mine. <br />I gave up playing the organ a few years later because my ex-wife did not or would not understand my devotion to something beside her. I wish I had wised up about her sooner, but things are what they are. For many years following, on Christmas Eve I would be going about my business and find tears rolling down my cheeks. I don't mind it now, because they're tears of love. carlnepahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05840845700615739547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-80163223500885137332015-12-12T08:59:12.347-05:002015-12-12T08:59:12.347-05:00She is part of my life, every day, and I cannot be...<i>She is part of my life, every day, and I cannot begin to estimate how much richer that life is because of that.</i><br /><br />I feel the same way about my grandmother.<br /><br />And thanks for the StoryCorps link.The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.com