Add my hugs, too, dear pdc. You are giving me more than you know.

It was an incredible evening. Too wet for a bonfire, so we crowded into my little home and sang our hearts out. I didn't try to do more than join in occasionally, but the harmonies did their work on me. Lots of tears, some laughter (I startled myself with a real belly laugh at one point!)
One friend sang, For all of life is like a tune,
                   It sounds so sweet, and it ends too soon,
                   You'd better rosin up your bow,
                   Until it's time to go.

Another sang,, Row on, row on, another day
                  there shines a brighter light.
                  Ply, ply the oars and pull away,
                  There's dawn beyond the night.

Sometimes I'm beginning to believe that.