When I Think of You
Feb 21, 2006 21:38:42 GMT -5
Post by icubud on Feb 21, 2006 21:38:42 GMT -5
WHEN I THINK OF YOU
(Perry/Cain)
Magic... moments
There're the things I will remember
Where's the time we spent together... laughing
Then you walk into my dream... dear
And I see your face
Young and so free, smiling at me
So long since I've... had you near
Now you've come back again
Where the love never ends
And you're right here
When I think of you
When I... need you, I just close my eyes
And you're... here
Right beside me when I'm lost in... shadows
Of the memories of you... oh my dear
And I see your face
Young and so free, smiling at me
In your eyes I walk without fear
We're together again
Where the love never ends
'Cause you're right here
When I think of you
Hold on... just for a while
Hold on... hold on
I try to forget the night that you left
It's all so unreal, with you gone
I can dream once again...
Where the love never ends
'Cause you're right here
When I think of you
When I think of you
When I think of you
Life is a strange thing.
And while I am the one writing this it is really for/from my wife Carol.
I knew a man who I called endearingly Dadeo.
His name is Julian and he is Carol’s dad.
To say I was and am privileged to have met him and know him is to understate a great truth. I was made a better guy because of him and I know he would “Aw” me and raise his hand above his hand waving off the remark – but it is true.
Ever since I learned this song was from SP to his mom – the words finally hit home. It was a song from a child who lost his mom/dad.
Dadeo loved his kids but I want to honor the song and him with words about his relationship with his baby girl – Carol.
He was, is, and always will be her hero.
He loves her with a love that was so comforting, unconditional, and bottomless – she knew no matter what happened she was safe because dad would be there.
The look in his eye when he saw her was special.
Carol’s countenance would change around him. It would soften and shine unlike any other time.
I loved him immediately – and he loved me as well. I was never treated as an “in-law” – I was a son.
Unfortunately he was died 4 years ago. The ordeal was horrendous.
He died four days after Christmas. The man – what he did was unbelievable.
He was a shell because of cancer – it took less than 7 months to reduce him to a shell. BUT –
1. He rallied himself on Christmas day because he knew his family would be there to celebrate with him. I do not know how he did it. He could not really talk. But he stayed awake, opened gifts, and kissed his newest grandson who was only a month old. His eyes soaked up everything going on. My wife sat next to him the whole time holding his hand, feeding him ice, wiping his lips, and speaking with him. It was unbelievable.
2. I had a feeling he would not die with Carol there. He loved all of his kids – but she was the baby. She was the one who did things with him when she was young and older. She would speak with him 2 plus hours a week on the phone. He could not die in her presence, I really suspected that. He knew we had to leave Santa Barbara on the 27th – he died early (before 6 a.m. Pacific time) on the 29th. Her brother called me from the hospital as soon as Dadeo died and told me. Right, that meant I was the one who had to tell her.
We flew back on 30th and she (me as well) would not view him in the coffin because we knew he would not want us to remember him that way. I had the privilege of speaking about him at the graveside ceremony after the church ceremony. All I could think of was his love for the family and that he was definitely in a better place – though I am sure he missed his family.
To this day we miss him tremendously but as the song says “When I... need you, I just close my eyes - And you're... here”. We remember, we see him, and we celebrate him. The world is much more chaotic and “so unreal” without him. It is less loving and accepting; but Carol and I had such a great privilege to know Dadeo. We miss you!
(Perry/Cain)
Magic... moments
There're the things I will remember
Where's the time we spent together... laughing
Then you walk into my dream... dear
And I see your face
Young and so free, smiling at me
So long since I've... had you near
Now you've come back again
Where the love never ends
And you're right here
When I think of you
When I... need you, I just close my eyes
And you're... here
Right beside me when I'm lost in... shadows
Of the memories of you... oh my dear
And I see your face
Young and so free, smiling at me
In your eyes I walk without fear
We're together again
Where the love never ends
'Cause you're right here
When I think of you
Hold on... just for a while
Hold on... hold on
I try to forget the night that you left
It's all so unreal, with you gone
I can dream once again...
Where the love never ends
'Cause you're right here
When I think of you
When I think of you
When I think of you
Life is a strange thing.
And while I am the one writing this it is really for/from my wife Carol.
I knew a man who I called endearingly Dadeo.
His name is Julian and he is Carol’s dad.
To say I was and am privileged to have met him and know him is to understate a great truth. I was made a better guy because of him and I know he would “Aw” me and raise his hand above his hand waving off the remark – but it is true.
Ever since I learned this song was from SP to his mom – the words finally hit home. It was a song from a child who lost his mom/dad.
Dadeo loved his kids but I want to honor the song and him with words about his relationship with his baby girl – Carol.
He was, is, and always will be her hero.
He loves her with a love that was so comforting, unconditional, and bottomless – she knew no matter what happened she was safe because dad would be there.
The look in his eye when he saw her was special.
Carol’s countenance would change around him. It would soften and shine unlike any other time.
I loved him immediately – and he loved me as well. I was never treated as an “in-law” – I was a son.
Unfortunately he was died 4 years ago. The ordeal was horrendous.
He died four days after Christmas. The man – what he did was unbelievable.
He was a shell because of cancer – it took less than 7 months to reduce him to a shell. BUT –
1. He rallied himself on Christmas day because he knew his family would be there to celebrate with him. I do not know how he did it. He could not really talk. But he stayed awake, opened gifts, and kissed his newest grandson who was only a month old. His eyes soaked up everything going on. My wife sat next to him the whole time holding his hand, feeding him ice, wiping his lips, and speaking with him. It was unbelievable.
2. I had a feeling he would not die with Carol there. He loved all of his kids – but she was the baby. She was the one who did things with him when she was young and older. She would speak with him 2 plus hours a week on the phone. He could not die in her presence, I really suspected that. He knew we had to leave Santa Barbara on the 27th – he died early (before 6 a.m. Pacific time) on the 29th. Her brother called me from the hospital as soon as Dadeo died and told me. Right, that meant I was the one who had to tell her.
We flew back on 30th and she (me as well) would not view him in the coffin because we knew he would not want us to remember him that way. I had the privilege of speaking about him at the graveside ceremony after the church ceremony. All I could think of was his love for the family and that he was definitely in a better place – though I am sure he missed his family.
To this day we miss him tremendously but as the song says “When I... need you, I just close my eyes - And you're... here”. We remember, we see him, and we celebrate him. The world is much more chaotic and “so unreal” without him. It is less loving and accepting; but Carol and I had such a great privilege to know Dadeo. We miss you!