Sunday, April 27, 2008

In Memory of my Father...


You might have thought I'd dissappeared, it's been so long since I've had the chance to writer. No such thing...but we've certainly been focused on other things for the past couple of months. Now it's time to start catching up on the parts of life that have been left to let slide....music, blogging, breathing....all the little things.
On March 18th my Dad passed away (this is a picture of him and I in 1962...if you download the song it'll make more sense..) It wasn't really a surprise I guess. He'd been struggling for almost two years, as a result of the stroke he'd had in 2006. I guess, though, that even when it's expected, it's still not really expected. It's made for quite the time. I don't think I could have written a whole lot sooner....the hurt was just too raw. The hurt is still there, and the missing always will be, but at least one can start to think a little again. It sure does take time.
We finished up the last of our Home Routes House Concerts last week with a performance by Yael Wand accompanied by Christina Zaenker, both from BC. What an awesome duo they are!! We all enjoyed both their entertaining and their company! It was great. What a wonderful experience hosting the Home Routes series has been for us! We've met so many amazing performers over the past year, and feel we have connections all over the continent now because of it.
I'm busy practicing for ACL Brandon's Femme Fix. It's their annual ladies smoker and one of their biggest fundraisers of the year. It's always a pleasure to perform to a group of women that are having so much fun....we all need a little more of that!
Five more weeks and school will be finished!! Whooooohooooooo! I so enjoyed all of it, but if I'd had a crystal ball to project what this year was going to end up looking like I might have done a whole lot of things differently! Oh well...its all part of the journey isn't it. And if we could see the future...would we ever step outside our own front door? I wonder.
Free download www.musicwriter.ca/tunes/06.htm
This rounds free download is called "One More Star (Grandpa's Song)" in memory of my dad, James Dickson. I remember really clearly the day we finished the recorded version of this song when I was doing my cd. Dad hadn't known that I'd ever written a song about Grandpa. On the morning after I received the mp3 of the finished product, I burned a cd of it and Shane and I stopped by Mom and Dad's on our way to somewhere, and had them come out to the van to hear it. I remember Dad listening so intently, and when I looked in the rear view at him, tears were rolling down his cheeks. When it was over, he said "Boy, those sure are beautiful words to hear about your Dad...I hope someday someone will be able to say that about me." Dad...we all do. I couldn't sing at the funeral...no way...but we played this song as the recessional. I think Dad would have been happy about that.
Well...I'm gonna run. As always my fingers are crossed that I'll get back here sooner than later, but you know how my life goes!
Till then,
Lynda
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