In my grief, I don’t want to lose a most poignant and touching night the day before she died.
It was the day she asked me if she stopped treatment what would think. I immediately burst into tears, Yet I assured her I would be with her and keep my promise not to take her to the hospital.
That night, I suddenly awoke with the melody and lyrics of that old country tune, “You Are My Sunshine.” I hummed it to myself. But in the morning, and through the day, I kept singing it.
The next night, approaching Christmas Eve and her death, I kept singing it off and on. After coffe-time, I asked her if she heard me sing during the night. She gave me “the look” and said, “I did, David, but I just wanted quiet...” Which prompted me to say, “Yes, but you will always be my sunshine!” Yes!
“You Are My Sunshine” by Kina Grannis
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