Originally Posted by
Alera 
Bam, so sorry to hear of your loss.
Today I went to see my mother at the rest home. She gave me the phone number of her ex-husband who is dying, so I'm going to call him later. She said he likes to talk and it isn't that hard to be a listening ear.
Alera,
There's a John Prine song; ....
Hello in There ....that's easy enough, even for me, to play. It's a very unusual song that really addresses this very situation.
Just went to utube and heard Natalie Merchant and Micheal Stipe cover this one, .........probably know this song to well, , ,
damn , it really gets to me.
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