You are the Sun in my Sky

I was in the car, having just dropped Greg off at his parents’ home for a visit. On my way to Walgreen’s to pick up a couple of items that we needed, kitty litter, shampoo small stuff like that. The light poles danced in Ike’s wind, reminding me that we were riding the cape’s end of his path. My mind drifted, happens when I go on automatic pilot, thinking about the things that have recently happened and softly.. these words filtered from the radio between my thoughts…

“If I had to live without you
What kind of life would that be”

My eyes widened with the words and my heart thumped hard..

“Oh I, I need you in my arms
Need you to hold
You're my world, my heart, my soul”


I know, I KNOW, he’s home and safe and recovering… I made a turn on another street and wondered if I should pull over; the song gripped me to the point of tears…

“Without you, there'd be no sun in my sky
There would be no love in my life
There'd be no world left for me”

I have never related to music with this much emotion, never realized the depth of love…

“how do I live without you
how do I live without you baby”


I can just imagine Greg reading this now and saying, “That’s so sappy.” Yes, I’ll admit, OK, I’m sappy. It was one of those moments that caught me unprepared and that day flooded my mind.

I’m grateful that he’s here, watching TV right now. We washed the dog this afternoon, enjoyed a chicken salad sandwich for supper…. Routine stuff that was taken for granted in the past. I don’t need a lot of things in life, but the love of this man, Gregory Patrick O’Brien, that I need.

Then I remember today’s date and all the bloggers who have shared their emotions of 9/11, some who were actually there in NYC and DC and Pennsylvania… and I wonder ~ How many heard that same song and wept for their loss… My prayers go to you and to the memories.

For the every day people in this world that maybe you don’t say it often to or haven’t in a while or maybe it’s only been a day since you’ve heard from them ~ let them know they are loved... because you just never know… Life, Love… it’s precious. It's worth putting aside any differences or small things blocking the way of reaching out to each other. Because that's what truly counts, the connection that we have, that bond and if we're lucky ~ that love.