Andy, Thank You More Then Moon River

I'm sitting at the kitchen table, my place of work, thinking about Ward. I wish that I could say , after five years, that grief was not an appendage. It just would not be the truth. Last week Bill and I both thought we had seen him. Bill thought Hart was Ward coming into a restaurant and I thought I had seen Ward walking up our front stairs. Grief lays in wait, and time helps you to not collapse when visited. So I depend on the universe and God to provide me with relief and it comes daily, and in strange ways.

Last week, the singer, Andy Williams died from cancer. I loved Andy Williams, I mean, really loved. Like I loved Dr. Kildare, The Beatles and Joe Namath!! Moon River is probably one of my favorite songs. So after I called mama to share our loss of Andy, I began a frantic search for the piano sheet music to Moon River. Remember my house is still under construction, and I don't know where things are, surely I could find the music. Think again, to the moon and back I looked. I found Christmas music and The Beach Boys, and so much more, just no Moon River. So I brought in the Calvary, Hart and Emma, to go on line and print me out some sheet music, STAT!! Hart, my favorite son, this week, quickly printed off the music. One page??
" Where is the rest of the song?" I asked. "Oh, isn't this enough to get you started, do you need the whole thing?" replied demoted favorite son. I thanked him for making a semi-effort, and began to play one line of the music.  Moon River, wider then a mile.............You dream maker, you heart breaker.......played all with one hand, forget the chords!! I was in grief!!!! I have practiced it all week, and sung to my hearts content. Just the one page, was enough to say thank you. Thank you for your Christmas specials before Claudine shot Spider! You calmed my young heart, and now calm my broken heart.

Henry Mancini, I thank you also. I never know what will help me get through the days, but I do know something always does. Some may call it miracles,today I call it Moon River.