Such wonderful responses! Sorry I don't know how to write music, or I'd put the music on here... The melody came from somewhere.. sounds Irish to me, and I'm as Irish As Ahnuld..

Such hard news, Kendall! I'm with brucie, though... believe this is the corner, not the downward slope.

I just got home from doing an extremely emotional evening of music with my gospel quartet. Our bass singer Joe's sister had her gall bladder removed four days ago, and Joe stopped by to see how she was doing before driving up to the place we were doing the concert. She suddenly couldn't breathe and he had to rush her to the emergency room. He called me from there to tell me he wouldn't be able to make it, and I started adjusting emotionally. But, she was checked out, and there was nothing wrong, so she went home with her daughter and son-in-law. Joe jumped in the car to drive up to where we were singing and ran into an enormous traffic jam caused by a multi-car accident. It took him nearly two hours to make a 30 minute run, and he arrived just as we were being introduced. When he walked through the door and saw us on our way up to the stage, he looked ashen and hunched over. Sometimes, you just have to keep on rolling, even when you don't think you have the strength. But, by the second song, he was at full power and we really ripped it up. Then, during the break, our tenor got a call from the Museum where he works and someone didn't show up for the midnight to 8 a.m. shift, so he had to go work 8 hours, after the concert..

Sometimes it just keeps on coming.

But, then comes the calm and the peace. And man, does it feel goooood!

Jerry