It's not Goodbye by Laura Pausini #LegendsOfTheFall

My brother would have been 51 this year if he didn't die so young. The song "It's Not Goodbye" by Laura Pausini really touched my emotion remembering my loved ones especially on my late brother's birthday. My late Dad's birthday is coming up too in a week and it just hard to think that I will never see them again.

Reminiscing the last time I spent with my brother made me so sad, the photo above was the last ride he gave when we visited my country back in 2008.  Two months after this photo was taken, he died of motorcycle accident.

Another loved ones we're all missing dearly is our dog, Bolt.  He died of Lyme's disease.  He was only 7 years old.  He was such a loving and the most gentlest and considerate dog we've had.  Bolt was my husband's favorite dog.

This was the last phioto we had with my late father.  He died 4 months  after this was taken.  It was a tough pill to take in.  He died 2 weeks before  my wedding.

I didn't have many pictures with my Dad and that kills me.  I never thought he would die such a young age and so suddenly.  What I regret is that I never told him I love him.

This song really bring me to tears listening to it while looking at the photos of the ones I am missing the most.   The movie Legends of the Fall is such a good movie, I would love to watch it again. I hope to see them again over on the other side someday when it is time for me to go as well.

 

Lady Gaga's Always Remember Us This Way

I love this reggae version of Lady Gaga's Always Remember Us This Way   from the movie "A Star is Born" with Bradley Cooper.   This makes me wanna watch the movie.

That Arizona sky burnin' in your eyes

You look at me and, babe, I wanna catch on fire

It's buried in my soul like California gold

You found the light in me that I couldn't find

So when I'm all choked up

But I can't find the words

Every time we say goodbye

Baby, it hurts

When the sun goes down

And the band won't play

I'll always remember us this way

Lovers in the night

Poets tryin' to write

We don't know how to rhyme

But, damn, we try

But all I really know

You're where I wanna go

The part of me that's you will never die

So when I'm all choked up

And I can't find the words

Every time we say goodbye

Baby, it hurts

When the sun goes down

And the band won't play

I'll always remember us this way

Oh, yeah

I don't wanna be just a memory, baby, yeah

Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo

Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo

Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo

So when I'm all choked up

And I can't find the words

Every time we say goodbye

Baby, it hurts

When the sun goes down

And the band won't play

I'll always remember us this way, way, yeah

When you look at me

And the whole world fades

I'll always remember us this way

Slipping Through My Fingers

I love all the Abba songs but I didn't know this one until my daughter shared it with me. It's a perfect song for me and my daughter as she is growing fast. This song made me realized that my daughter is soon be heading out to college and that means that we will not see each other often. This makes me sad. I think this song is written for all the mothers out there who is anxious of their daughter growing up and leaving.

She's literally slipping through our fingers each day.  It's exciting to see her grow into a woman.  

  
Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
I watch her go with a surge of that well known sadness
And I have to sit down for a while
The feeling that I'm losing her forever
And without really entering her world
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
That funny little girl

Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time

Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time

Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the breakfast table
Barely awake I let precious time go by
Then when she's gone, there's that odd melancholy feeling

And a sense of guilt I can't deny
What happened to those wonderful adventures
The places I had planned for us to go
Well, some of that we did, but most we didn't
And why, I just don't know

Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time

Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
And save it from the funny tricks of time

Slipping through my fingers

Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile