I used to tease my best friend's dad, good naturedly, about this being his favorite song. "it's such a standard dad song", we would say. He laughed and turned it up as he drove us along the back roads in Ohio. 5 years later, they played this at his funeral. He had taken his life, after things fell apart due to his undiagnosed mental illness. She and I had ended our friendship a year or two before, but nobody could have stopped me from being at the funeral. When they played this song, I wept. She wouldn't speak to me at the funeral, but afterwards she texted me and thanked me for coming. I told her I loved her, and she told me that her father had considered me like a daughter. I think of them often. Ben, it was a privilege to know you, even with all of your demons. I wish you had been given more chances. I wish life had been kinder. I wish you had stayed, for your daughters. They loved you so much, and your loss has changed them forever. Emily, I love you. I always will. I play this song often, and think of you and your father. I hope you're happy. I hope Julia is thriving. I'll always cherish our girlhood together, no matter how things ended and how we ended up.
Beautiful!!
Fabulous
I used to tease my best friend's dad, good naturedly, about this being his favorite song. "it's such a standard dad song", we would say. He laughed and turned it up as he drove us along the back roads in Ohio.
5 years later, they played this at his funeral. He had taken his life, after things fell apart due to his undiagnosed mental illness. She and I had ended our friendship a year or two before, but nobody could have stopped me from being at the funeral. When they played this song, I wept. She wouldn't speak to me at the funeral, but afterwards she texted me and thanked me for coming. I told her I loved her, and she told me that her father had considered me like a daughter.
I think of them often.
Ben, it was a privilege to know you, even with all of your demons. I wish you had been given more chances. I wish life had been kinder. I wish you had stayed, for your daughters. They loved you so much, and your loss has changed them forever.
Emily, I love you. I always will. I play this song often, and think of you and your father. I hope you're happy. I hope Julia is thriving. I'll always cherish our girlhood together, no matter how things ended and how we ended up.
❤
This is beautiful. Music affects us in ways nothing else can ❤️