(Another old FB Memory, from 7 years ago. Written on this day, 30th June, 2018.
A 'self-motivating' post, which I wrote, during one of the most difficult and challenging phases of my life - The three months, when my Mum was put under palliative care, and when I was dreadfully counting the days, before she would be taken away from me, forever.💔😪
When I read these old posts, I realise that I probably had more 'Emotional Strength' back then, than I do now.
Maybe that's why, I think that my own words, almost come back to me, like 'Reminders', every now and then, when I read these again.) ✍️
I've been thinking, about how life often presents us with situations and circumstances, that are very difficult to cope with.
Every difficult moment, brings with it, a new struggle; and each trial, comes with numerous challenges, that are sometimes very hard to overcome.
It's easy to sail through the good times, with a smile; but it's harder to look for the 'rays of sunshine', on days when the sky is completely overcast and cloudy.
Through it all though...
...We still try to look for the rainbow, amidst the dark clouds,
...We still attempt to find, that elusive ray of light,
...and we still, try to 'Keep Smiling'.🤷🏻♀️
I guess, that's the way to live Life.
Not everything, turns out the way we want it to; but we have to just 'Keep Going', no matter what.
We have to just 'Keep Believing', that God is always beside us, holding our hand and leading us through the storm...
...and just maybe, if we are patient enough, the sun will come out, some time soon.✍️
(Two songs that came up as FB Memories today. The first one, I posted on this day in 2022; and I shared the second one, on the 30th of June, 2021.)
Watched a movie called 'Harmony from the Heart', which is about how 'Music Therapy' helps a person who is unwell, to get better.🎶🙂
It's a sweet film; and while it may just be a story, that someone made up, I know for a fact that 'Music Heals', and makes a bigger difference, than anything else ever could.❤️
Just sharing a song called 11:11 from that film, which I found.
It's a song, that the main character of the film, who is a 'Music Therapist', learnt from her Grandmother, and sang in memory of her.🎶
I guess, songs always connect us to 'Memories' and 'Special People', who aren't with us anymore. Family and loved ones, who now watch over us constantly, from up there in the heavens.✨️💖
There are so many things, we wish we could tell them and say to them everyday, but sadly we can't.😪
11:11 - WISH I COULD TELL YOU
(Harmony from the Heart - Movie)
- Jessica Lowndes
For those who haven't heard this wonderful Fingerstyle Guitarist, Gabriella Quevedo before, go to her YT page and have a look. She is really talented.❤
'...because you don't know, what it means to me'.🙂💕 Love that line in this song.
'Love of my life' by Queen...Quite an awesome song.😍
If only we could bring back the ones, who have been taken away from us.😪
Since that's not possible, we just think of them, everytime we listen to songs like these.🎶
LOVE OF MY LIFE (Queen)
- Gabriella Quevedo (Guitar Cover)
(Videos shared from different people's pages on YT.)
(This picture is a FB Memory from 7 years ago. I shared it, on 25th June, 2018.)
25th June '2025 ✍️
June 2018 was the time, when my mum's Oncologists told me, that her body was too weak and too frail, to complete the remaining cycles of chemo. She had already been through many, many rounds of it, losing over 35 kgs, in the process.
By that time, her body finally gave up. She couldn't take any more. This was her second Cancer in 8 years and a more aggressive one. She lived for three months after that, but in unbelievable pain; which was so intense, that she didn't even know, who I was, when I spoke to her.😪
I used to write posts and share pics like these, back in those days, just to motivate myself to 'Keep Going Anyway'; even though, I was fully aware of the inevitable outcome, which was not too far away.
Seeing this picture and reading these words today, 7 years later; just brought all those memories flooding back.
She had been through so much, that she really had 'no fight left'. Physically, she was already 'not really there anymore'.
...and yet, I kept holding on to 'Hope'.💔
Sometimes, we human beings just do that, even though we know, that the situation, is absolutely and completely 'Hopeless'. I guess, we do that, simply because the person means so much to us, and because 'We Care'. That's how much, 'Family' means to us.😔
Watching my Mum, slowly but surely, fading away like that; and then, finally losing her, three months later, took everything, away from me.😪
My Spirit to keep going,
My Will to do, just about anything and everything.
My Desire to move, from one day to the next; from one moment to the next.
I was just functioning on 'Auto-Pilot', literally.
It'll soon be 7 years since then.
The years have flown by, but I think for the most part, I still go through life, from one day to the next, on 'Auto-Pilot'.
Yes, I Smile and Laugh sometimes; but I still Cry every single day. The tears, just don't stop.💔😔 Little things, places, incidents, situations and people around me too...Everything triggers off a hundred memories, instantly.
It's difficult to explain those emotions and feelings of 'Loss and Pain', to anyone; but losing one's entire Family, by the age of 38, does that to a person.😪
...and I miss 'My Best Friend', at every step of the way.
I think, the day she died, I really stopped 'Living'.
Now, I only 'Exist', because for some strange, inexplicable and unexplainable reason; while she was taken away from me, I was left behind, and am still breathing. 🤷🏻♀️✍️
(A FB Memory from this day, written on 25th June' 2023. But this post, is actually about something that happened, many years before that. I'm just always reminded of that incident, on this day every year.)
Only One MJ ✍️✨️
I still remember, how I found out that Michael Jackson had died, on this day, way back in 2009. There was this student in one of my classes at DB, who was a huge MJ fan; and early in the morning, just as I was taking attendance in class, he came up to me and said, "Miss, did you hear the news...MJ just died today."
I looked at him with complete disbelief and thought it must just be some rumour, that he had heard somewhere; and I replied, "That's not possible."
Of course, he persisted and said, "No Miss! It's true. It was on the news this morning, before I came to school."
I remember being very disturbed that whole day and unable to concentrate on the usual, everyday things, that I was doing in school.😔
It's not that I was a crazy MJ fan; because like many great artists, the fame and 'the persona' they create, kind of takes over 'the person', which doesn't really make them the most exemplary people to follow.
The stories we had heard about his life, (whether true or untrue), didn't exactly make him, a very positive role-model for anyone...but the unexpected way in which, he suddenly vanished from our lives, did take me by surprise; and shocked the whole world as well.
I did love many of his songs; and even though a lot of singers have tried to sing his songs over the years, I think his voice and the way he performed on stage, was so unique and memorable, that there could only ever be one Michael Jackson.❤️
Sharing one of my favourite Jackson 5 songs today, 'I'll Be There', played by another favourite, Dave Koz.🎷✨️
(Found this video of the song, uploaded by someone else on YT.)
(FB Memories constantly reminds me, of all these wonderful songs, that I used to share practically everyday, during those pandemic years.
On some days, like today; I was reminded of at least 3 lovely songs, that I shared on one day. I guess, Music just kept me company, during those dreadfully lonely times.
Am picking one of those songs, which I posted on this day, 4 years ago, on the 23rd of June, 2021.) 😊
I discovered this lovely musician Gabriella Quevedo, back in 2020. She has some amazing guitar videos, on her YouTube page. This is one of the many, many beautiful songs she has played.😍
EVERYTHING I OWN 🎶
- Gabriella Quevedo (Guitar Cover)
'I would give everything I own
Just to have you back again'.✨️💖
'BREAD' is a group that I discovered when I was in college. One of my friends sang their song 'If', during a Singing Contest in Xavier's. The lyrics are so beautiful, that it has been one of my favourite songs, since the first time I heard it.
This one, is another one of those very melodious and meaningfully written, 'Bread' songs. 🎶
- Bread
Lyrics that remind us of loved ones, who are not with us anymore. Our Parents, Siblings, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, and others in our Family, who are no longer with us. How we wish, we could have them back in our lives!😪
The words of this song, capture that 'longing and yearning in our hearts, for those who we've lost', so wonderfully.
SONG LYRICS 🎶
Everything I own - Bread
You sheltered me from harm.
Kept me warm, kept me warm.
You gave my life to me.
Set me free, set me free.
The finest years I ever knew,
Were all the years, I had with you.
And I would give anything I own.
I'd give up my life, my heart, my home.
I would give everything I own,
Just to have you back again.
You taught me how to laugh.
What a time, what a time.
You never said too much,
But still you showed the way
And I knew from watching you.
Nobody else could ever know,
The part of me that can't let go.
And I would give anything I own,
I'd give up my life, my heart, my home.
I would give everything I own,
Just to have you back again.
Is there someone you know,
You're loving them so,
But taking them all for granted?
You may lose them one day.
Someone takes them away,
And they don't hear the words, you long to say.
I would give anything I own,
I'd give up my life, my heart, my home.
I would give everything I own,
Just to have you back again;
Just to touch you once again.
(A FB Memory from this day, three years ago, 20th June 2022.)
I remember, that the day I first listened to this song, many, many years ago; I had big, big tears in my eyes. It was a song I identified with so much.❤
I think that people who have lost loved ones, would connect with this song, much more than others. The lyrics are so beautiful and touching.
I don't know if Ronan Keating or Garth Brookes, write their own songs or only sing them; but whoever put down the words to this song, really wrote this one straight from their heart.❤ One of those songs, that always makes me wish I could write words to a song like this some day.🙂
IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES 😪🎶
- Ronan Keating
(SONG LYRICS) 🎶
Sometimes late at night
I lie awake and watch her sleeping;
She's lost in peaceful dreams
So I turn out the lights and lay there in the dark;
And the thought crosses my mind
If I never wake in the morning,
Would she ever doubt the way I feel
About her in my heart.
If tomorrow never comes
Will she know how much I loved her?
Did I try in every way to show her every day
That she's my only one?
And if my time on earth were through
And she must face this world without me.
Is the love I gave her in the past
Gonna be enough to last
If tomorrow never comes?
'Cause I've lost loved ones in my life
Who never knew how much I loved them.
Now I live with the regret
That my true feelings for them never were revealed.
So I made a promise to myself
To say each day how much she means to me;
And avoid that circumstance
Where there's no second chance to tell her how I feel.
If tomorrow never comes
Will she know how much I loved her?
Did I try in every way to show her every day
That she's my only one?
And if my time on earth were through
And she must face this world without me;
Is the love I gave her in the past
Gonna be enough to last
If tomorrow never comes?
So tell that someone that you love
Just what you're thinking of
If tomorrow never comes. ✨️💖
20th June '2025
UNSPOKEN! UNEXPRESSED! UNFINISHED!😪
What a month this has been! Accidents and tragedies happening everywhere.
A family that I know of, died in a car accident, leaving behind their 9 year old son. He lost both his parents and his Grandmother that day, at such a young age. Seeing those three coffins, lying side by side, was just so difficult.
Having experienced losing my own brother, in a road accident, at the age of 10, the loss of that little boy really affected me...
Even now, more than 3 and a half decades later, I still miss him...And I miss my parents too, who I also lost when I was quite young, every single day.😔
To think how that little boy, has to go through his entire life ahead, without his parents, was just too painful to imagine.
Coping with Grief and the loss of close family members, is something that truly has no timeline. It's a daily uphill struggle, that lasts for as long as you live; and absolutely no one else, can really understand it. Many learn how to mask and cover the pain and tears, in unique ways, over time; but the 'Pain' always remains. It just never goes away completely.💔
I guess, only those who've lost dear ones, will ever really know...and even then, no two stories are the same. So, each person's everyday life struggles, especially the 'Emotional' ones, are also very different.😪
The recent plane crash, in which so many families, lost their loved ones, so unexpectedly; is something that has also been on my mind constantly. I've been watching and hearing the many painful stories, shared by families; and it is absolutely heart-breaking.
To news channels, companies and authorities, the lives lost, will just be stories to tell and statistics to count. But to the family members left behind, the burden of this immeasurable loss, and the very tragic end of their loved ones, is something that will stay with them, forever and ever.😔
So many words and thoughts 'Unspoken'.
So many feelings and emotions 'Unexpressed'.
So, so much, just left completely 'Unfinished'.😪
No one knows, what tomorrow holds in store. In fact, we don't even know what the next moment may bring. Incidents like these, remind us of this fact, always.
One Day At A Time...
That has been my motto in life for many, many years.
There really is no other way, to live this completely uncertain life.✍️
These are two of my favourite groups of Singers, who sing Cover versions of songs.
Of course, because they sound good; but more importantly, because they are both groups of 'Brothers'. Siblings who sing and make music together.
That is Special to me, because I wish I could write songs and make music, with my own Brother, so many times; just like the 'Carpenters' did. They are another one of my favourite sibling duos, who wrote and performed so many beautiful songs. 🎶
But since I can't write and sing songs with my own brother, I love listening to groups of Siblings, who do.🤗
It's my Brother's Birthday tomorrow. This is my small way of remembering him.✨️💖
LEAN ON ME 🎶
- Boyce Avenue (Bill Withers)
THIS I PROMISE YOU 🎶
- Music Travel Love ft. Dave Moffatt and Francis Greg (NSYNC)
(This post is not written by me. It's something I read on a friend's page, a few days ago. It made me wish, that I had a friend like that too. I just wanted to save this forward. So, am sharing it here.
I only ever had one person in my life, who knew me as well as the Coach, in this little story; and that was my Mum.✨️💖
I have many Friends who care, but after my mother passed away, I don't think I have anyone, who is as close to me, as she was...and I miss 'My Best Friend', every single day.)😪
She was drowning.
And nobody noticed…
Nobody, except her.
It was June 2022, at the World Championships in Budapest.
Anita Álvarez, an American artistic swimmer with Mexican roots, was performing a flawless routine.
But when her performance ended… she didn’t come up for air.
She had lost consciousness.
Her body floated for a few seconds, then began to sink.
Slowly. All the way to the bottom of the pool.
The audience didn’t notice. Neither did the judges.
Everyone was clapping.
But her coach, Andrea Fuentes, noticed.
She knew Anita—knew exactly how long it took her to surface.
She felt in her heart that something was wrong.
Without thinking twice, she dove in.
Fully dressed. Shoes and all.
She swam straight down, grabbed Anita by the waist,
and brought her back up.
She saved her life.
This story left me thinking…
Who knows you well enough to notice when you’re not okay, even if you’re still smiling? 🤔
Who would dive in for you without hesitation when you no longer have the strength to come up for air?
And more importantly…
Would you be that person for someone else?
Are you present enough in your loved ones’ lives, to sense the moment they start to sink?
Or are you just another spectator, clapping, not realizing that inside, they’re fading? 😔
In this life, we all need someone who doesn’t just see us—
(I love it when FB Memories reminds me of old posts like these. This is one, that I wrote 2 years ago, on 29th March '2023. Had saved it to post later; and forgot about it. So, sharing it today.)
'My come whatever, Unfair Weather Friend'.🎶✨️💖
- Marla Cannon Goodman
Very rarely do we get to hear the voice of the 'songwriter' who actually wrote the song. I found this song sung by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, in their last collaboration together.
...and then, I discovered that Marla Cannon Goodman wrote this song with Ward Davis, and that neither of them ever imagined that their song would be sung, by two country music icons one day.💕🎶
So, because we always hear the voices of the singers who sing the songs; I thought I would share this version instead, sung by one of the two songwriters who wrote the song.✍️
Also found a blog post, in which Marla shared the lovely story, behind how the song was written; and how, it later came to be sung by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, It's sometimes so nice to hear about, how a song came to life.🎶😊
Reminders like these, (through an old song, which you found many years ago), at moments in life, when you feel low or when you feel like, no one is really around, and when you truly need a Friend; are very Comforting and Uplifting.🎶
Looking for beautiful songs with lovely lyrics, is something that I originally started doing, as part of my job, more than 20 years ago, when I needed to find an appropriate 'Theme-based' song, for any event in school.
Over the years, it became a habit; and I have discovered some wonderful songs, that may not always be popular, but I love them.
This is one of those very meaningful songs, which I found and shared, 5 years ago, with this old post.]✨️🎶
I had a thought in mind for a few days, and before actually putting down those thoughts on paper, I just wanted to see, if someone else had already done something similar, in the past.
That led me to this beautiful song. Loved the lyrics. They can be applied to almost anyone, who has accompanied us, along life's journey.
From God above, who constantly watches over us, to our family and loved ones, to 'dear and close friends who almost feel like family', or to just anybody, who is 'Always There' for us, whenever we need 'a Friend'.✨️💖
I really liked the words of this song. So am sharing it today...Do listen.
I discovered this song during the pandemic and thought the lyrics were so beautiful and uplifting. I haven't watched the Musical; but the words of this song are so lovely.
It's such a comforting song, that just makes you feel you are 'A Little Less Alone', in times and moments of extreme 'Loneliness', when the world seems to constantly remind you, that you have no one to call your own, and makes you feel so empty.😪
The lyrics of some songs, just have that ability to act like a balm and soothe your troubled mind and heart, at least for a little while...and when the song is sung by a Choir like this, they make it sound even better.
It's difficult to express and put into words, the 'Magic of a Melody'.✨️🎶...But songs like these, that touch your heart and soul, feel like a warm, tight hug from a loved one, that you have truly longed for and missed forever.🤗💖
(An old post that I shared on FB, five years ago, on the 29th of March '2020.)
When you are blessed with the gift of 'Time', it allows you to ponder and reflect, on life's many 'Blessings', and on the things, that we can be most 'Grateful' for.
One of those special Blessings in my life, is the gift of 'Friends'...Friends are truly a Gift.✨️💖
As we journey through life, we come across so many special people, who we call our Friends.
Some of these Friends, grow closer to us than others; while others, brighten our lives for just a few short moments.
Some Friends remain a part of our journey through life, for many years; while there are others, that we somehow lose touch with, somewhere along the way.
Some Friends help us 'Grow', some teach us 'Lessons for Life'; and some almost become like 'Family'.🤗💕
With some we share common interests, hopes and dreams; and others, stand by us through life's hardest times, and become a shoulder that we can lean on.
Some add Music and Colour to our lives; and a few others, just know how to make us 'Smile'.😊😊😊
Whether our Friends are with us everyday, or miles apart; each one always holds a special place in our heart.❤️
Thinking of all my Friends, old and new, near and far...
Miss the ones who are far away...
Grateful to God for every Friend, who has been a part of my Life, through the years. Thank you for being a 'Special Gift'.💕🌈😊
Sharing this beautiful song called 'Gift of a Friend'. Do listen.
(Another song that came up as a FB Memory. Originally posted there on 8th June, 2021.)
The pandemic was a difficult time for most people. But those of us who were already lonely, just felt even more isolated.
My mother had passed away only a year and a half, before the pandemic began. Even now, I struggle to deal with her absence in my life, every single day.
So, back in those days of 'Social Distancing', only I know, what I felt.
In those moments, songs like these offered 'Comfort and Reassurance'. We were still 'Alone'; but when we heard someone singing a song like this one, it just made us feel, a little less 'Lonely', at least for a little while.✨️💖
'Miles and miles of empty space in between us',
And nothing can really take the place, of those missing smiles...
...and yet, 'When we need Love', all we have to do is reach out, and someone who cares, will always be around.🙂💕
These two songs came up as FB Memories today. One shared on this day 7th June, in 2021 and one in 2023.
For many, many years now, I have always posted songs that I like, for friends to listen to.
During the pandemic years however, the frequency and number of songs that I shared, practically every single day, increased a lot; because the only thing I did in those terribly scary and isolated years, was 'Listen to Music'.🎶😊
It kept me company and made me feel a little less 'Alone'.✨️💖
SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDER 🎶
- Piano Instrumental (Paul Hankinson)
An instrumental version of one of my favourite John Denver songs. It has such a soothing and beautiful melody.❤️
(Song Lyrics)
'If I had a day that I could give you
I'd give to you, a day just like today;😊
If I had a song that I could sing for you
I'd sing a song, to make you feel this way.🎶
If I had a tale that I could tell you
I'd tell a tale, sure to make you smile;😊
If I had a wish that I could wish for you
I'd make a wish, for sunshine all the while.'✨️
- John Denver 🎶
MOONLIGHT AND ROSES 🎶
- Jim Reeves
(Song Lyrics)
'Moonlight and roses
Bring wonderful memories of you
My heart reposes
In beautiful thoughts so true.
June light discloses
Love's golden dreams sparkling, anew
Moonlight and roses
Bring memories of you.'
Jim Reeves really sang some of the most beautiful songs.🙂💕
(Videos shared by others, from various pages on YT.)
(A FB Memory from this day, 2 years ago, 3rd June '2023.)
I heard this song today and liked it; because it is one, that can be interpreted in so many different ways.
Since Carole King hasn't really specified where 'this place' that she was talking about is, when she wrote the lyrics to 'Way over yonder'; it could refer to so many different places.
If you think of it as a Gospel song, then it could refer to a beautiful place like heaven...But it could also be speaking about any place, where one finds 'peace of mind and solitude'.
Maybe a nostalgic place, that's full of happy memories; or any place we are in at the present moment, which fills our hearts with comfort and joy, because the warm sunshine always shines down on us there.
It could even be a wonderful place in the future, that we hopefully look forward to being in some day.🎶😊
One song...but depending on the state of mind of the listener; it could mean different things to different people. I guess, that's the 'wonder of a lovely song'.✨️
WAY OVER YONDER
- Carole King
(Shared from a page on YT, where this song was posted by someone else.)
